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India Emerges as a Leader in Energy Transition: RK Singh

India committed to a 33 percent emissions intensity minimisation by 2030 in COP21 and attained it in 2019. The nation’s pledge at COP26 is to offset 45 percent of emissions intensity by 2030.

September 15, 2023. By EI News Network

Union Power Minister R K Singh announced that India has evolved as a leader in energy transition. He added, “We had pledged that we will make 40 percent of power generation capacity non-fossil by 2030. In 2021, we achieved that target.”

India committed to a 33 percent emissions intensity minimisation by 2030 in COP21 and attained it in 2019. The nation’s pledge at COP26 is to offset 45 percent of emissions intensity by 2030.

This accomplishment is particularly noteworthy regarding the rapid growth rate of power demand within the country – one of the highest globally.

As per RK Singh's statement, India’s per capita is 2.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCo2e) whereas the global average is 6.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCo2e).

Singh claimed that the power sector in India has undergone significant improvements in recent years in terms of transformation.

He continued by saying that because global warming is harmful to the environment, all economies have made the decision to reduce their emissions and increase the amount of non-fossil, renewable sources they use to produce electricity.

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