What is CCUS?

Carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) is a collection of technologies to mitigate the emission of excessive amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) from large power sources like power plants and industries which contribute 50% of all GHG emission globally, by storing or reusing it so that captured CO2 doesn’t enter the atmosphere.

About the misson:

This program aims at reduction of carbon emission to achieve the target Net zero by utilizing CCUS technology from various power sectors and industries by the year 2070. Department of science and technology (DST) aims to nurture the area of CCUS, the research and development work needed and the human resource, finance involved for the high capital cost, safety, logistics and high auxiliary power consumption. CCUS aims at limiting the carbon emission and stabilizing the atmospheric CO2 concentration with in 450 to 750 ppmv ( parts per million by volume) and thereby reducing the global temperature rise within 1.5^o C – 2^o C.

• Discussed in the sidelines of 32nd Annual General Meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industries ((AMCHAM),, New Delhi on 8th August, 2024
• Departments involved: Union Ministry of Power, NITI Aayog and the office of principal scientific officer to the PMO
• Launched a call on IC3 CCUS in July 2018 by DBT and DST jointly to discuss about the key technologies involved in carbon, capture, utilization and storage with the MI countries.

Region wise CO2 storage potential from 2030 to 2050 in India:

• Western Region – 388 Gt (Gigatons of CO2)
• Eastern Region – 80.58 Gt CO2
• Southern Region – 76.3 Gt CO2
• North eastern region – 42.2 Gt CO2
• Northern Region – 7.65 Gt CO2