New Delhi: IIT Bombay has announced the establishment of India’s first National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization (NCoE-CCU). IIT Bombay is to seek support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Science and Technology regarding its establishment.
IIT Bombay announces the establishment of India's first National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization (NCoE-CCU), with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/WJhS4ZfVjc
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IIT Bombay Director, Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri explained that the decarbonization of ‘hard-to-abate’ industries will require a huge effort to achieve the net-zero goals.
Referring to the initiative, Professor Chaudhuri has said how IIT Bombay has led multiple sciences and engineering grand challenges and provided end solutions. The National Centre is to explore and fully use the potential of CCU technologies for leading India in this industry and help it evolve as a circular carbon economy.
“Last year, the IIT Bombay team brought laurels to the country by winning the prestigious X-Prize Award, supported by the Elon Musk Foundation for ‘demonstration of carbon dioxide removal’, announced at the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP-26”, he further added.
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NCoE-CCU, IIT Bombay: Primary Objectives
Below are some of the main objectives of NCoE-CCU, as confirmed by the official statement by IIT Bombay:
- The national centre is to act as a multi-disciplinary, long-term research and development centre as well as collaboration and capacity-building hub in the specific area of carbon capture and utilization
- The centre will also be nodal for state-of-the-art research and many application-oriented initiatives in the field of CCU.
- The interdisciplinary training and capacity building programmes received at the NCoE will help in the development of a deeper understanding and problem-focused approach in the next generation of researchers.
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- The centre also aims to facilitate capturing and mapping the recent research and development as well as innovation activities in the area.
- Besides this, the centre also will attempt to develop a close network of researchers, professional industries and stakeholders in the domain with coordinated and heavily synergized research between the partnered groups and organisations.
The NCoE founding partners consist of multiple academic and research institutes such as IITs, universities and CSIR labs, etc. along with industries such as petroleum, cement, steel and power. Earlier, NCoE-CCU received its formal sanction in December 2021.
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The centre will primarily work on the research involving understanding the role of Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the global climate and mitigation strategies of the CO2 emitted from the industrial and energy sectors.
Therefore, case studies, experimental investigation and simulation in different aspects of CCU and the decision-making tools for the optimised progress and policy development, will also be essential parts of the centre activity.
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