ABSTRACT
It is evident from numerous studies that fossil fuels, especially coal will remain dominant in global energy mix for powering the global economy for many more decades, probably till the end of the century (for e.g., USDOE 1999; MIT Study 2007; Morrison 2008; Herzog 2009). Hence the efforts to achieve the needed emissions reductions become crucial to mitigate the impact of global warming due to coal usage. The broad approach suggested is: improve the efficiency levels of coal-fired power plants to start with and apply technologies for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). According to MIT Coal Study (2007), ‘CCS is the critical enabling technology that would reduce carbon dioxide2emissions significantly while also allowing coal to meet the world’s pressing energy needs’. In IEA evaluations, CCS was shown as a costeffective means which could play an increasing role, incentivized by stable CO2 price (Morrison 2008).
