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research in CCS. At the international-cooperation level, India has also 3.1
engaged in USA’s FutureGen project; Big Sky Carbon Sequestration
partnership, and the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development
and Climate. India has also engaged in laboratory collaborations with
National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA; Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, USA, and SINTEF, Norway (Goel et al. 2015).
Currently issues of commercial deployment, high investment costs,
and associated risks with underground storage must be addressed
by R&D. Only one project by the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Limited
is in operation using amine technology for CO2 capture (ibid.). An
integrated approach to R&D has to be adopted that informs on carbon
capture and sequestration, pre-combustion, combustion and post-
combustion options, bio-sequestration, terrestrial sequestration, earth
process utilization, and storage in the oceans (ibid).
According to the Working Group on Power for the Twelfth Plan,
R&D programmes can be facilitated through various schemes such
as the National Perspective Plan (NPP) and the Research Scheme on
Power (RSoP) (MoP 2012). Some of them can be in collaborative mode
with participation from Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs),
industry and academic institutes, and utilities. The Central Power
Research Institute (CPRI), the National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC), the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC), Satluj Jal
Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL), Power Grid, DISCOMs, Bharat Heavy
Electronics Limited (BHEL), the Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR), Crompton Greaves, Indian Institute of Technology
(IITs), and National Institute of Technology (NITs) will execute the
projects identified. The projects will be coordinated and managed by
the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and CPRI, on behalf of MoP.
The Standing Committee on Research and Development (SCRD),
which is presently managing NPP R&D, can also be strengthened to
make policy documents on R&D in the power sector and prioritize
problems of national importance having short-, medium-, and long-
term impacts (ibid). The R&D schemes sanctioned by CPRI under the
Twelfth Plan (2012–17) is provided in Table 1.2.
Table 1.2: Research Related Schemes Sanctioned by CPRI under the Twelfth Plan (2012–17)
Scheme Amount Amount (USD Areas
(INR crore) million)
In-house 15 3 Focus on improving and expanding Research and
research testing facilities.
scheme of Finding new techniques for product and process
CPRI improvements also ensuring product standardization
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engaged in USA’s FutureGen project; Big Sky Carbon Sequestration
partnership, and the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development
and Climate. India has also engaged in laboratory collaborations with
National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA; Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, USA, and SINTEF, Norway (Goel et al. 2015).
Currently issues of commercial deployment, high investment costs,
and associated risks with underground storage must be addressed
by R&D. Only one project by the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Limited
is in operation using amine technology for CO2 capture (ibid.). An
integrated approach to R&D has to be adopted that informs on carbon
capture and sequestration, pre-combustion, combustion and post-
combustion options, bio-sequestration, terrestrial sequestration, earth
process utilization, and storage in the oceans (ibid).
According to the Working Group on Power for the Twelfth Plan,
R&D programmes can be facilitated through various schemes such
as the National Perspective Plan (NPP) and the Research Scheme on
Power (RSoP) (MoP 2012). Some of them can be in collaborative mode
with participation from Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs),
industry and academic institutes, and utilities. The Central Power
Research Institute (CPRI), the National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC), the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC), Satluj Jal
Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL), Power Grid, DISCOMs, Bharat Heavy
Electronics Limited (BHEL), the Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR), Crompton Greaves, Indian Institute of Technology
(IITs), and National Institute of Technology (NITs) will execute the
projects identified. The projects will be coordinated and managed by
the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and CPRI, on behalf of MoP.
The Standing Committee on Research and Development (SCRD),
which is presently managing NPP R&D, can also be strengthened to
make policy documents on R&D in the power sector and prioritize
problems of national importance having short-, medium-, and long-
term impacts (ibid). The R&D schemes sanctioned by CPRI under the
Twelfth Plan (2012–17) is provided in Table 1.2.
Table 1.2: Research Related Schemes Sanctioned by CPRI under the Twelfth Plan (2012–17)
Scheme Amount Amount (USD Areas
(INR crore) million)
In-house 15 3 Focus on improving and expanding Research and
research testing facilities.
scheme of Finding new techniques for product and process
CPRI improvements also ensuring product standardization
Chapter 1 Low Carbon Technology and Innovation Policy 195
