{"id":9290,"date":"2021-12-14T20:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiawilds.com\/diary\/?p=9290"},"modified":"2021-12-20T11:42:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:12:44","slug":"solar-capacity-increased-18-times-between-march-2014-to-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indiawilds.com\/diary\/solar-capacity-increased-18-times-between-march-2014-to-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Capacity increased 18 times between March 2014 to October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Solar Capacity increased 18 times between March 2014 to October 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

As a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), India periodically submits its National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) to the UNFCCC which includes national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory.<\/p>\n

As per India\u2019s third BUR submitted to the UNFCCC in February 2021, total GHG emissions, excluding Land Use Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) in 2016 were 2,838.89 million tonne CO2<\/sub>e and 2,531.07 million tonne CO2<\/sub>e with the inclusion of LULUCF. India\u2019s total GHG emission also includes CO2\u00a0<\/sub>emissions from oil & gas sector and industrial processes and product use (IPPU) sector. The emissions based on India\u2019s first, second and third BURs are as following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sr. No.<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal GHG emission (without LULUCF)(million\u00a0tonne CO2<\/sub>e)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Net GHG emission (With LULUCF) (million tonne CO2<\/sub>e)<\/strong><\/td>\nCO2<\/sub>emission (million tonne)<\/strong><\/td>\nCO2<\/sub>\u00a0emission from oil & gas sector (million tonne)<\/strong><\/td>\nCO2<\/sub>\u00a0emission from Industrial Processes and Product Use Sector (million tonne)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n2137<\/td>\n1884<\/td>\n1574<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\n2014<\/td>\n2607<\/td>\n2306<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\n2016<\/td>\n2839<\/td>\n2531<\/td>\n2231<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n166<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Further, according to a research study carried out by the Indian Space Research Organization using observations of Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellites of NASA, total column atmospheric CO2<\/sub>\u00a0concentration over representative sites of India during January 2020 to June 2021 was found to vary on daily basis from approximately 406.3 on 31 August 2020 ppm to 416.1 ppm on 28 April 2021.<\/p>\n

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is an emerging area of research. Its efficacy is yet to be fully established in terms of techno-economic feasibility. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) works in the area of CCUS through emphasis on research and development and capacity building of both human resource and infrastructure to evolve appropriate technologies and methodologies. The Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology in 2018, had launched a Joint Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for inviting proposals on Innovation Challenge on CCUS under the multilateral Mission Innovation (MI)initiative to undertake joint Research & Development with MI member countries to identify and prioritize breakthrough technologies in the field of CCUS.<\/p>\n