India aims to increase its nuclear energy capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2047, driven by a goal to reduce emissions and reliance on fossil fuels. The country's finance minister announced a $2 billion investment in research and plans to modify laws to attract further investment in the nuclear sector.
Plastic straws have come to symbolize a global pollution crisis.
To grow the sector, Shayak Sengupta, a senior research associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, said the new Trump administration’s desire to reconfigure trade could be beneficial. India’s nuclear growth plan provides “ample opportunity” for U.S.
India has managed to double the amount of nuclear power installed in the country in the last decade, but it still makes up just 3% of its electricity. The IEA found that 63 nuclear reactors are currently under construction globally, the most since 1990.Wanner said governments are critical in getting nuclear power projects underway and India’s plan “very positive” for the nuclear industry.
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