Bill to advertise use of non-fossil fuels launched in Rajya Sabha

By PTI

NEW DELHI: A invoice that seeks to advertise the usage of non-fossil fuels, together with ethanol, inexperienced hydrogen and biomass, was launched in Rajya Sabha for passage on Thursday.

The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, can also be geared toward serving to the nation obtain its worldwide commitments on local weather change. The laws was cleared by Lok Sabha in August this 12 months.

Piloting the invoice within the Upper House, Power Minister R Okay Singh mentioned the nation is working in the direction of discount in emissions though its per capita emissions is about one third of the worldwide common.

“If we look at the total carbon dioxide load on the environment, our contribution is just 3.4 per cent even as our population is 17.5 per cent of the global population,” he mentioned.

Yet, the county has emerged as one of many main nations in power transition and local weather motion, he added.

“Today our non-fossil fuel power generation capacity is 42 per cent of our total capacity which is around 408 giga watt,” he mentioned, including that this initiative must be carried ahead.

“We have changed the way of generating electricity but that accounts for 40 per cent of the emissions. But we have to address other sectors which account for 60 per cent of emissions, which includes steel and cement manufacturing,” Singh mentioned.

In order to stay a pacesetter in local weather motion, the federal government has introduced in amendments within the laws, he added.

“In petroleum refining, we use hydrogen drawn from natural gas. The idea is to make green hydrogen here and thereafter replace the imported natural gas and stop carbon emission,” Singh mentioned.

Similarly, within the manufacturing of fertilisers, ammonia is used from pure gasoline, he mentioned.

“Now we propose to replace it with green ammonia. That is why we are bringing the amendments so that we make changes in the feedstock,” Singh mentioned.

The authorities additionally goals to handle the development sector via laws, he added. The amendments additionally search to advertise renewable power and the event of a home carbon market to battle local weather change.

Further, the invoice seeks to introduce new ideas resembling carbon buying and selling and mandate the usage of non-fossil sources to make sure sooner decarbonisation of the Indian financial system and assist obtain sustainable improvement targets consistent with the Paris Agreement.

The invoice additionally supplies for penalties for violations by industrial models or vessels in addition to on producers if a automobile fails to adjust to gasoline consumption norms.

NEW DELHI: A invoice that seeks to advertise the usage of non-fossil fuels, together with ethanol, inexperienced hydrogen and biomass, was launched in Rajya Sabha for passage on Thursday.

The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, can also be geared toward serving to the nation obtain its worldwide commitments on local weather change. The laws was cleared by Lok Sabha in August this 12 months.

Piloting the invoice within the Upper House, Power Minister R Okay Singh mentioned the nation is working in the direction of discount in emissions though its per capita emissions is about one third of the worldwide common.

“If we look at the total carbon dioxide load on the environment, our contribution is just 3.4 per cent even as our population is 17.5 per cent of the global population,” he mentioned.

Yet, the county has emerged as one of many main nations in power transition and local weather motion, he added.

“Today our non-fossil fuel power generation capacity is 42 per cent of our total capacity which is around 408 giga watt,” he mentioned, including that this initiative must be carried ahead.

“We have changed the way of generating electricity but that accounts for 40 per cent of the emissions. But we have to address other sectors which account for 60 per cent of emissions, which includes steel and cement manufacturing,” Singh mentioned.

In order to stay a pacesetter in local weather motion, the federal government has introduced in amendments within the laws, he added.

“In petroleum refining, we use hydrogen drawn from natural gas. The idea is to make green hydrogen here and thereafter replace the imported natural gas and stop carbon emission,” Singh mentioned.

Similarly, within the manufacturing of fertilisers, ammonia is used from pure gasoline, he mentioned.

“Now we propose to replace it with green ammonia. That is why we are bringing the amendments so that we make changes in the feedstock,” Singh mentioned.

The authorities additionally goals to handle the development sector via laws, he added. The amendments additionally search to advertise renewable power and the event of a home carbon market to battle local weather change.

Further, the invoice seeks to introduce new ideas resembling carbon buying and selling and mandate the usage of non-fossil sources to make sure sooner decarbonisation of the Indian financial system and assist obtain sustainable improvement targets consistent with the Paris Agreement.

The invoice additionally supplies for penalties for violations by industrial models or vessels in addition to on producers if a automobile fails to adjust to gasoline consumption norms.