The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas established the Energy Transition Advisory Committee. Tarun Kapoor, the former Secretary of the Petroleum Ministry, is in charge.
Highlights:
It will concentrate on increasing the proportion of clean energy sources in the country’s energy mix, such as hydrogen, biofuel, nuclear, geothermal, and tidal.
To assist India in meeting its 2070 net-zero emissions goal. Creating a road map for the energy transition (within 6 months).
To develop a step-by-step plan for transitioning from fossil fuels to .
India announced its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 during the Leaders Summit on Climate-change”>Climate Change.
To accomplish this, oil companies were told to develop plans aimed at increasing their clean energy portfolio.
These plans will be reviewed by the committee. It will also make recommendations. In addition, the committee will make recommendations for the plans’ development.