A central meeting showed pushback against tech in power plants to reduce SO2 emissions. Here’s why it’s a bad idea

Category : Air Pollution | Location : Delhi  | Posted on 2024-05-12 23:16:43


A central meeting showed pushback against tech in power plants to reduce SO2 emissions. Here’s why it’s a bad idea

Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy (NRE) RK Singh recently presided over a high-profile meeting to review the results of a study conducted by IIT-Delhi on ambient atmospheric sulphur dioxide (SO2) concentrations and the effect of installing flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) technology on SO2 emissions in various categories of cities, as defined by them.

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/pollution/a-central-meeting-showed-pushback-against-tech-in-power-plants-to-reduce-so2-emissions-here-s-why-it-s-a-bad-idea-96080

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