Decarbonizing the power and industry sectors in India by carbon capture and storage

In this paper, we evaluate opportunities to mitigate CO2 emission from the power and industry sectors of India by carbon capture and storage. Results show that the total CO2 emission from 630 power and industrial plants is 1.7 Gtpa. Of this, 0.9 Gtpa comes from power plants and 0.8 Gtpa from industry plants. There is 416.2 Gt of CO2 storage capacity (mid case scenario) in India, enough to store 237 years of emission. Of this, 412.7 Gt (99%) comes from saline aquifers in 22 sedimentary basins, 1.9 Gt (0.4 4%) from six major gas fields, and 1.7 Gt (0.41%) from 37 major oil fields. The total mid CO2-enhanced oil recovery potential in India is 500 x 10(6) m(3) with the biggest potential found in the following oil fields: Mumbai High (231 x 10(6) m(3)), Gandhar (13 x 10(6) m(3)), Mangala (17 x 10(6) m(3)) and Nahorkatiya (24 x 10(6) m(3)) in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Assam, respectively. Results of a CO2 source-sink mapping exercise show that in most cases, CO2 source-sink distance is less than 500 km, and many cases less than 100 km. (C)& nbsp;2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.