{"id":562824,"date":"2023-03-16T09:21:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T03:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=562824"},"modified":"2023-03-16T09:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T04:26:41","slug":"nuclear-power-sector-saves-41-mn-tonnes-of-carbon-emissions-annually-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/nuclear-power-sector-saves-41-mn-tonnes-of-carbon-emissions-annually-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear power sector saves 41 mn tonnes of carbon emissions annually: Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s nuclear power sector is saving 41 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, compared to emissions that would have been generated by equivalent electricity generation from coal-based thermal power plants, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a written reply, Singh said as part of low carbon development of electricity systems consistent with enhanced development benefits, the government was exploring a significantly greater role for nuclear power.<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear power currently comprises three per cent of India&#8217;s total electricity generation, Singh said, adding that sufficient production and share of atomic energy was essential for ensuring the country&#8217;s energy security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s nuclear power sector is saving 41 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, compared to emissions that would have been generated by equivalent electricity generation from coal-based thermal power plants, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply, Singh said as part of low carbon development of electricity systems consistent with enhanced development benefits, the government was exploring a significantly greater role for nuclear power. Nuclear power currently comprises three per cent of India&#8217;s total electricity generation, Singh said, adding that sufficient production and share of atomic energy was essential for ensuring the country&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,130,232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-standard-newspapers","category-newspapers","category-power-business-standard-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}