For net-zero, India needs 5,600 GW of solar capacity, coal usage drop by 99%: CEEW
The Hindu
Council on Energy, Environment and Water, a Delhi-based not-for-profit policy research institution, said, “The economic cost of India’s net-zero 2070 transition (would be) over USD 13,000 billion between 2030 and 2100.”
“For India to reach its bold target of having net-zero emissions by 2070, the country’s solar power capacity would have to rise to over 5,600 GW, coal use particularly in the power sector will have to drop by 99 per cent by 2060 and crude oil would need to peak by 2050 and fall substantially by 90 per cent in the two decades thereafter,” CEEW India said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday surprised delegates at the COP26 climate summit with a bold pledge to cutting emissions at the world’s third-biggest emitter to net-zero by 2070.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water, a Delhi-based not-for-profit policy research institution, said, “The economic cost of India’s net-zero 2070 transition (would be) over USD 13,000 billion between 2030 and 2100.”