Energy Transition Advisory Committee established

Highlights:

• The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas established the Energy Transition Advisory Committee. 
• Tarun Kapoor, the former Secretary of the Petroleum Ministry, is in charge.
• It will concentrate on increasing the proportion of clean energy sources in the country's energy mix, such as hydrogen, biofuel, nuclear, geothermal, and tidal.

• To assist India in meeting its 2070 net-zero emissions goal. Creating a road map for the energy transition (within 6 months).
• To develop a step-by-step plan for transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
• India announced its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 during the Leaders Summit on Climate Change.
• To accomplish this, oil companies were told to develop plans aimed at increasing their clean energy portfolio.
• These plans will be reviewed by the committee. 
• It will also make recommendations. In addition, the committee will make recommendations for the plans' development.
• The committee will provide guidance to the oil companies as they begin to implement their transition plans.
• Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil, and Bharat Petroleum, for example, recently announced a joint venture to build 22,000 charging stations.
• Of all the clean energies, the committee will concentrate on biofuel and green hydrogen. 
• It will devise strategies for enhancing its supply chains.
• The biofuel plans will concentrate on establishing a long-term biomass supply chain. 
• It will also concentrate on improving the country's biofuel infrastructure.
• India intends to build 5,000 biogas plants in the near future.
• These initiatives are being implemented because India is looking for ways to increase domestic fuel production. And the only way to do so is to increase biofuel production.
• The committee will concentrate on increasing the country's green hydrogen production.
• This has been given precedence over all other committee functions. 
• The committee will also focus on developing a strong green hydrogen value chain.
• The committee's Green Hydrogen plan will greatly aid India's National Hydrogen Mission (NHM). 
• The mission was announced in the budget for 2021-22.
• The National Hydrogen Mission (NHM) aims to produce hydrogen from renewable sources. Green hydrogen had been prioritized in India's climate change and energy security plans.
• Oil companies will be given transition plans by the committee. 
• It will assist the transportation sector in making the transition to clean energy.