CIL embarks on coal-to-methane project via surface gasification

PSU miner Coal India (CIL) has embarked on coal to methane project, although it would limit itself to a facilitator banking on an operator to build own and operate (BOO) the project. The company has identified South Eastern Coalfield’s Dankuni Coal Complex (DCC), as the project site, where the land would be allotted to an operator to execute and run the entire project envisaging a lifespan of 25 years.

DCC is a low temperature carbonisation plant set up under the fuel policy committee to meet the growing needs of environmental friendly fuel requirements. DCC started commercial production in 1990.