Coal India to set up new Rs 5,800-cr coal gasification project in Bengal
State-run Coal India (CIL) is planning to set up a coal-gasification project with an estimated investment of Rs 5,800 crore in the Dankuni coal complex in West Bengal. The project, which is now in the planning stage, will convert 1.5 million tonne (MT) of the fuel into other products and reduce emissions. “Tenders for the project are likely to be floated in September itself, and it is expected to be complete by January, 2025” Binay Dayal, CIL’s director, technical said in a webinar on coal gasification organised by the Union coal ministry on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that Rs 20,000 crore will be invested in coal gasification projects by 2030 for eco-friendly utilisation of the fuel, which is abundantly available in the country. With this technology, coal can be gasified to turn it into a clean syngas or synthesis gas—a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide — which constitutes the basic building block of the chemical industry and converted into a wide range of downstream products.
