GPS Renewables to Host ‘Boring Climate Conference 2026’ on Scaling CCUS

GPS Renewables, a full-stack biofuels company, will host The Boring Climate Conference 2026 on March 28, at Taj MG Road, Bengaluru. The event will bring together researchers, industry leaders, investors and policymakers to examine how India can scale Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). 

The Boring Climate Conference comes at a time when there’s significant push from the Union Government to accelerate CCUS technologies. The Union Budget 2026-27 allocated INR 20,000 crore to advance CCUS technologies in heavy industries, a scheme that would aid the decarbonisation goals of five high-emitting industrial sectors: power, steel, cement, refineries and chemicals. India already has operational pilots underway, including the carbon capture facility at NTPC Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station. With increased policy support, the focus is now shifting from research and pilots to large-scale deployment.

The conference brings together several members of the High-Level Task Force constituted by the Department of Science and Technology to define a phased national strategy for CCUS deployment, including technology development, regulatory frameworks and infrastructure planning.

Confirmed speakers include Dr Ashish Lele, Director, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory and Chair of the High-Level Task Force for India’s CCUS R&D roadmap, Prof. Sebastian C. Peter, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Prof. Chinmoy Ranjan, Indian Institute of Science. Dr Anjan Ray, VC and energy transition expert, Ashish Goel, co-founder at Optimist, former Urban Ladder founder and a climate tech investor, and Vishnu Rajeev, partner at Speciale Invest will bring the investor perspective, while Ms Sushma Rawat, former director of exploration at ONGC brings the industry perspective.  

Nipun OS, Chief Sustainability Officer, GPS Renewables, said, “The Boring Climate Conference is an effort to bring together researchers, industry leaders, investors and policymakers to discuss some of the most complex challenges in India’s climate transition. Through this conference, we want to create a platform where different stakeholders can come together to identify key challenges, explore solutions, and focus on what it will take to move climate-positive technologies from research to real projects in India.”

The conference was born out of The Boring Climate Podcast, which over three seasons has explored climate change issues uniquely faced by India and what is being done to bridge the gap between research and implementation.