ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes the scope of deployment of Carbon capture and storage (CCS) in India's power sector. It reviews the scope of CO2 capture and storage in India's power sector which is largely dominated by coal. The chapter considers the Indian perspective, summarizes and reviews past CCS work in India, and offers suggestions that include progressive ideas about how technologies and policies can advance CCS in India. To mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions, CCS is considered to be a tool for India's power sector. Options for potential geological storage for CO2 include basalt formations, saline aquifers, hydrocarbon reserves, coal seams and use in enhanced oil recovery. India is a major developing economy which ranks fourth in the world in terms of energy consumption. India must produce more energy to meet its growing demands since no country has increased its Human Development Index without a corresponding increase in per-capita energy consumption.
