Producing natural gas from coal

The possibility of making natural gas, methanol, ammonia and other essential products from coal is being explored in the mines of South Eastern Coalfoields Limited (SECL). If implemented, this will be the first such project in the state of Chhattisgarh. Coal gasification is the cleanest and most eco-friendly way to convert coal components into electricity,

Chandigarh administration to conduct study to check pollution levels

The Chandigarh administration has decided to get a study conducted to check the increase in pollution levels in the city. This study, the administration claimed, is a bid to make the Union Territory (UT) carbon neutral by 2030. A tender has also been floated by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee to hire an agency that

U.S. and India Advance Partnership on Clean Energy

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri held the third ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, launched in September 2021. This effort focuses government, industry, and other stakeholder efforts to advance energy security, clean energy innovation, and decarbonization efforts to support

Indore-based agri scientist produces high biomass sorghum to blend with petrol

Agriculture scientist of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (College of Agriculture Indore) has put the country on path to become a leading producer of Ethanol by developing a high biomass sorghum variety. This comes a few days after Union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari had said “If an average of 60% ethanol and

GAIL, LanzaTech join hands to explore bio-recycling carbon waste into fuels and chemicals

GAIL (India) Ltd, the country’s largest gas distributor, and LanzaTech Global, an innovative carbon capture and utilization company that converts waste carbon into products that people use in their daily lives, have entered a partnership to explore innovative technology solutions that advance GAIL’s net zero 2040 goals and have the potential to support wider decarbonization

Evergreen Marine confirms deal for 24 new methanol-fuel container ships

The tender, estimated at over US$5 billion (NT$155 billion), or around US$200 million (NT$6.2 billion) per vessel, will see 16 of the 16,000 TEU vessels constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The remaining eight vessels will be the responsibility of Japan’s Nihon Shipyard, which is a joint-venture company owned by the Japan Marine

Biden Rejects Oil Refineries Seeking Biofuel-Blending Exemptions

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision is a blow to 15 unidentified small refineries that had sought the waivers from requirements to blend renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel, arguing the mandates were too costly. However, the agency determined none of the 26 rejected applications demonstrated they experienced disproportionate economic hardship caused by their compliance with

India to launch programme to boost coal gasification

The programme will involve use of 100mn t of domestic coal and lignite in gasification projects. Coal gasification is the process of converting coal into syngas — a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, natural gas, and water vapour. The syngas can be processed to produce energy fuel, methanol, and products such as ammonia

India reimposes tax on domestic crude production

The government has reimposed a tax of 1,600 rupees/t ($2.66/bl) on domestic crude output from 15 July, after slashing it to zero on 16 May. The federal government revises the windfall tax rates every two weeks but had kept the levy at zero over the last two months. India has reimposed the windfall tax even

20 percent ethanol blending in petrol by 2025

India has achieved over 12% ethanol blending and consumes about 50-60 million metric tonnes of petrol a year. Petrol-fuelled vehicles running on Indian roads will be less polluting in near future as petrol sold in the country will have about 20% ethanol mix within two years, as India is trying to increase ethanol production. India