For net-zero, India needs 5,600 GW of solar capacity, coal usage drop by 99%: CEEW

For India to reach its bold target of having net-zero emissions by 2070, the country’s solar power capacity would have to rise to over 5,600 GW, coal use particularly in the power sector will have to drop by 99 per cent by 2060 and crude oil would need to peak by 2050 and fall substantially by 90 per cent in the two decades thereafter, CEEW India has said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday surprised delegates at the COP26 climate summit with a bold pledge to cutting emissions at the world’s third-biggest emitter to net-zero by 2070.