Industrial Decarbonization Summit - 2022

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Industrial Decarbonization Summit 2022 in New Delhi on 16 June. 

• He stressed on maintaining a balance between ecology, environment and development.

• He said that green hydrogen is the priority of the government and by using biotechnology we can increase the productivity of biomass.

• By the use of biomass, we can make Bio-ethanol, Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG

• He said that the use of methanol and ethanol will reduce pollution.

• What is Decarbonisation?

• It refers to the process of reducing 'carbon intensity', which reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the burning of fossil fuels.

• It specifically uses renewable energy sources such as wind power, solar energy and biomass.

• Decreasing carbon intensity in the power and transportation sectors could help achieve the net zero emissions target.