India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Operational Carbon Capture & Utilisation Projects
State / UT
Project
Implementing Agency
Status:
Madhya Pradesh
3,000 Tonnes Per Annum (TPA) Flue Gas CO₂‑ to‑ Methanol Plant at NTPC Vindhyachal, Vindhyanagar, Singrauli
NTPC Ltd.
Commissioned
Tamil Nadu
60,000 TPA CO₂ Capture Facility, Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)
M/s Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.
Operational
Maharashtra
500 Tonnes Per Day (TPD) CO₂ Capture from Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Unit at Salav
M/s JSW Steel
Operational
Carbon Capture & Utilisation Projects Under Construction / Under Execution
Sl. No.
State / UT
Project
Implementing Agency
Status
Andhra Pradesh
3,000 TPA Flue Gas CO₂‑ to‑ Ethanol (Gen‑4) Project at Pudimadaka
NTPC Ltd.
Under Execution
Andhra Pradesh
1,800 TPA Flue Gas CO₂‑ to‑ Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project at Pudimadaka
NTPC Ltd
Under Execution
Andhra Pradesh
24 Kilo Tonne Per Annum (KTPA CCU) Unit at HPCL Visakh Refinery, Malkapuram, Visakhapatnam
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
Under Execution -Mechanically Completed
Telangana
Carbonated Fly‑ Ash Brick (C-brick) Plant (capacity 2 Lakh C-Brick/Day) at NTPC Ramagundam
NTPC Ltd
Under Execution
Maharashtra
Development and demonstration of an indigenously developed integrated technology of CO2 capture from the recently demonstrated 1 TPD coal-to-methanol pilot plant and its conversion to methanol at Pune, Maharashtra
Knowledge Partner: IIT Delhi
Under Commissioning
Telangana
To develop an indigenous catalytic process for coal derived CO2 hydrogenation to Dimethyl-ether (DME) at moderate temperature and pressures at Hyderabad
Knowledge Partner: CSIR-IICT
Under Commissioning
Proposed Carbon Capture& Utilisation Projects
S. No.
State / UT
Project
Implementing Agency
Assam
Carbonated Water Injection (CWI) is planned in one of OIL's reservoirs in Dikom field located in its operational areas in Assam.
Oil India Ltd (OIL)
Assam
Feasibility Study of CO2 EOR Including CO2 Transportation & Injection in Makum-North Hapjan Field of Assam
Oil India Ltd (OIL)
Assam
Revitalization of Kathaloni LK+TH Sand (KLN001 Block) Reservoir through Modelling Study along with Identification of Potential for Amenable EOR Scheme in Kathaloni Oilfield
Oil India Ltd (OIL)
Assam
CO + CO₂ Recovery (270 TPD + 190 TPD) at Numaligarh
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)
Andhra Pradesh
Vacuum Swing Adsorption Process for Carbon dioxide Capture from Cement Kiln Gas and its Utilization within the Construction Material Value Chain.
Knowledge
Gujarat
1,500 TPD CO₂‑ Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) at Gujarat refinery, Vadodara
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) + Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC Ltd.)
Gujarat
Initiative on the feasibility of CCUS in form of CO2-EOR in the mature water flooded reservoirs of Gandhar in Gujarat.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC Ltd.)
Madhya Pradesh
15 TPD CO₂‑ to‑ Calcium Carbonate Plant (Bina Refinery) at Bina
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
Haryana
440 TPD CO₂‑ to‑ Acetic Acid (Panipat Refinery) at Panipat
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)
Odisha
132 TPD CO₂‑ to‑ Polycarbonate at Paradip Refinery
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)
Odisha
348 TPD of CO2 to Acetic Acid at Paradip Refinery
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)
Odisha
Water-based catalyst-driven CO2 capture process, at a scale of 2 TPD, designed for integration within a live cement plant, enabling conversion of captured CO2 into calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and formic acid.
Knowledge Partner: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)
Odisha
Carbon-negative using solvent-based carbon capture technology at a scale of 1 TPD and utilizing captured CO2 for mineralisation into concrete using ICCM (Integrated Carbon Capture and Mineralization) technology.
Knowledge Partner:
Rajasthan
Oxygen-based Calcination to capture 2 TPD (Tonnes Per Day) of CO2 and its utilization (0.4 TPD) in lightweight concrete products and olefins.
Knowledge Partner:
Rajasthan
Feasibility Study of CO2 Transportation and Storage in Saline Aquifers/ Reservoirs of Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan
Oil India Ltd (OIL)
Tamil Nadu
Innovative Interventions in Cement Industry for Lowering Carbon Impact. New kiln burning technology based on oxygen-enriched burning, capture using adsorption/absorption, and mineralization of captured CO2 (2 TPD) using concrete blocks, waste concrete fines and concrete plant sludge.
Knowledge
S. No.
Commissioned/ Operational
Industry Partner: Thermax Ltd.
Industry Partner: BHEL Ltd
Partner-
IIT Kanpur
National Council for
Partner-
CSIR-Indian Institute of
Industry Partner: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited
Industry Partner:
Cement and Building Material, Ballabhgarh
IIT Madras &
Petroleum (CSIR-IIP),
JSW Cement
(NCCBM), IIT Roorkee
BITS Goa
Dehradun, IIT-Tirupati and IISc, Bengaluru.
Industry Partner:
Industry Partner-
Industry
JK Cement Ltd.
Ultratech Cement Ltd
Several Carbon Capture and utilization projects are currently operational, under development, or proposed, across different States/UTs. The details are given at Table.
Partner- JSW Cement
State/UT‑ wise Details of Carbon Capture Utilization Projects (Operational, Under Construction, Proposed)
Ltd.
This Information was given by The Minister of State in the Ministry Of Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
