For sustainable development of India, there is a dire need for India to go through a nuanced clean energy transition which requires scientific, engineering, technological innovations along with thoughtful policy interventions and access to favourable financial instruments. The purpose of this conference will be to gather finest scientists, industry personnel and policy makers of India, with rich experience in clean energy technologies that will be pivotal. The participants will discuss the state of the art of different energy as well as CCUS technologies, their state of the art in India and the world, identify the key technologies for decarbonization of India, particularly the Indian industries, manufacturing of key technologies in India and the technical bottlenecks. The conference will aim to create a white paper on technology roadmap and help in developing an actionable approach on the decarbonization in India, particularly that of industrial sectors. It will also identify the key bottlenecks in research and industry in these technologies and the areas that need attention.
Broad questions to answer:
What are the most important energy technologies needed for India's energy transition, especially from the perspective of industrial decarbonization?
What is the current state of the art of key energy technologies (generation, storage, efficiency, hydrogen, and CCUS) and what are the challenges?
What should be a broad roadmap for technology development, deployment and integration?
Which are the key (say 4-5) technologies of focus which are most important for India's Decarbonization plans
Technologies for Discussion:
1. Energy generation for power generation and process decarbonization
Solar energy technologies
Hydrogen energy
2. Energy Storage technologies and solutions
Electrochemical (batteries)
Hydrogen
3. Energy Modelling, optimization including grid issues
4. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
5. Industrial Decarbonization from the perspective of hard-to-abate sectors