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13/01/2025

In a path-breaking initiative, Singareni Collieries Company Limited is setting up India’s first methanol production plant. The plant leverages carbon capture technology to produce 180 kg of methanol daily from 500 kg of captured carbon dioxide, emitted by thermal power plants.

10/01/2025

The NTPC Kayamkulam, along with BHEL, is all set to launch a pilot project for electricity generation using methanol, marking a first-of-its-kind initiative in India. If successful, methanol usage could reduce dependency on gas imports, lower power generation costs, support a circular carbon economy, and lower emissions.

18/10/2024

Carbon credits are measurable, verifiable emission reductions from certified climate action projects. Each credit represents one less tonne of carbon dioxide, or another greenhouse gas equivalent, (CO2e) in the atmosphere. These credits can be monetised by selling them in carbon markets, allowing buyer companies or parties to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide.

In the clean cooking sector, carbon credits are issued, based on the volume of emissions that are avoided when clean cookstoves are used instead of more polluting alternatives. Clean cooking projects accounted for around 15% of all carbon credits issued from May to November 2023.

Over its lifetime, a single cookstove can generate between 10 and 28 carbon credits, depending on its usage. With carbon credit prices ranging from $7-10 per credit, the financial returns from each stove can vary between $70 and $280.

17/10/2024

"Way forward for achieving Net Zero through Methanol Economy", by Dr VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog.

MetFuel is participating in the International Methanol Seminar, sharing applications of methanol in clean cooking. Here are some snippets from the session and the mobile methanol fuel dispensing unit we launched at the seminar.

17/10/2024

The Government of India aims to promote methanol as a green fuel. India currently produces 0.8 million tonnes of methanol annually against a demand of 4 million tonnes. Niti Aayog expects this demand to rise to 10-15 million tonnes by 2030, necessitating a strong push to boost domestic production.

As part of the coal gasification mission, it is expected that at least a couple of coal-to-methanol manufacturing plants will be set up in the next 5-7 years. Niti Aayog is also collaborating with public and private industry to set up bamboo-to-methanol plants to produce green methanol.

17/10/2024

17/10/2024

We are excited to announce our participation at the International Methanol Seminar, organized by NITI Ayog.
Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Union Minister, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, will launch India's first-ever mobile dispensing vehicle by MetFuel.
This vehicle supports dispensing M100 (100% Methanol) fuel and is ready to power up Indian energy systems!

17/10/2024

Methanol Expo, a part of the International Methanol Seminar organised by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Methanol Institute, USA, will be inaugurated by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India.

📅 Date: 17-18 October 2024
📍 Venue: Exhibition Ground, Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

This event highlights the growing role of methanol as an alternative, sustainable fuel, bringing together key stakeholders to explore its potential in revolutionising India's energy future.



PMO India Narendra Modi Rao Inderjit Singh Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Press Information Bureau - PIB, Government of India Nitin Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India

17/10/2024

The Methanol Solution for Cleaner Mobility

Dive into the potential of methanol-powered vehicles as a sustainable alternative to traditional fuels, reducing carbon emissions in transportation at the International Methanol Seminar. Organised by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Methanol Institute, USA, this seminar will highlight how countries are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint while focusing on methanol-powered vehicles offering a cleaner, more sustainable alternative to traditional gasoline and diesel engines.


PMO India Narendra Modi Rao Inderjit Singh Press Information Bureau - PIB, Government of India Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India

16/10/2024

Methanol is categorised into fossil-fuel-based and renewable depending upon the production method and the associated emission levels.

Fossil-fuel-based methanol consists of grey methanol, produced from natural gas, and black methanol, produced from coal. Renewable methanol includes blue and green methanol.

Blue methanol, produced using blue hydrogen in combination with carbon capture technology, has comparatively lower emissions than brown and grey methanol but is not carbon neutral. Green methanol, produced from biomass or green hydrogen, is considered the most environmentally sustainable.