10/06/2021 - Environment

KEY POINTS

Natural gas currently has a 6.6% share in India’s energy mix and is targeted to increase to 15% by 2030. Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel, but only has a 40% smaller emission-footprint than coal.

Measures

·        It is essential to deploy this technology for all new capacity additions. This will reduce the overall carbon intensity of the steel industry, and green hydrogen can eventually be introduced as it becomes cost-competitive with natural gas.

·        India has 17,000 km of natural gas transmission pipelines, and there are plans to add another 15,000 km in the coming decade.

·        This provides an opportunity to deploy hydrogen-ready pipelines and associated infrastructure. Pipelines typically have a lifetime of over 40-50 years, and the turnover is slow.

Hydrogen

·        Green hydrogen is currently at least three and seven times as expensive as natural gas and coal, respectively, per unit of energy.

·        Natural gas can also be utilised in new technologies that produce hydrogen and solid carbon (black). This eliminates carbon dioxide emissions and produces a useful by-product.

·        Hydrogen so derived will be competitive with green hydrogen and can be utilised to build demand for green hydrogen of the future.

·        If planned well, natural gas can play the role of a bridge fuel and not act as a barrier to the entry of green hydrogen.

kindly review and provide suggestions sir /mam

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