Plans afoot to push carbon capture utilisation & storage tech: Niti Aayog Member

According to a report from the NITI Aayog back in 2022, when the discussion around the technology started gathering pace in the country, CCUS will be key in decarbonizing the industrial sector, which is hard to electrify and hard to abate. The concept has gathered momentum in the last two years because of its advantage in decarbonizing the power sector, given India's present reliance on coal for meeting over 70% of its electricity needs.