Friday, 17 January 2025

Decarbonizing urea production in India is a key step to reducing agricultural emissions and meeting climate goals. Why is urea production a challenge?

 Decarbonizing urea production in India is a key step to reducing agricultural emissions and meeting climate goals.  Why is urea production a challenge?  Natural gas reliance Urea production is heavily dependent on natural gas, which is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Agricultural emissions Urea use in agriculture also emits nitrous oxide (\(N_{2}O\)), which is a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance. How can urea production be decarbonized? Switch feedstocks: Use renewable ammonia and carbon dioxide instead of natural gas.  Use renewable energy: Use renewable energy to produce hydrogen and capture carbon dioxide.  Use carbon capture: Capture carbon dioxide from point-source emissions from industries.  Use electrolyzers: Use electrolyzers to produce hydrogen from water.  IITM Shaastrahttps://shaastramag.iitm.ac.inFrom grey to green urea | Indian Institute of Technology Madras1 Sept 2024 — Is CEO of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST). Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C requires the deca...CSTEPhttps://cstep.inGreen urea can boost decarbonisation while reducing ...11 Dec 2024 — according to a 2022 report by McKinsey & Company. While India has a theoretical carbon storage potential that is 4 to 6 times of this amount, an asso...Ammonia Energy Associationhttps://ammoniaenergy.orgDecarbonizing urea production in India via renewable ammonia2 Dec 2024 — Thus, decarbonization of Indian urea production will be required over the coming decades to meet climate goals and reduce agricultural emissions. The ... What are the benefits of decarbonizing urea production? Reduces emissions: Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and ozone layer depletion.  Reduces import dependency: Reduces India's dependency on imported urea.  Promotes circular economy: Uses carbon dioxide from industries instead of natural gas. 

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