Dastur Energy, GTI partner on low-carbon gasification solutions in India

Dastur Energy Pvt. Ltd. India, a subsidiary of US-based clean energy company Dastur Energy, has joined forces with Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to jointly build solutions to advance the shift to low-carbon, low-cost energy systems across India.

The parties will work together to reduce costs and minimize environmental impacts by developing scalable gasification-based solutions for a variety of Indian coals.

Dastur Energy said that it will complement Gas Technology Institute’s experience with gasification of high ash coals and U-GAS fluidized bed technology.

According to the clean energy company, coal gasification in combination with carbon capture, use, and storage, is likely to be the basis for affordably priced clean fuels and feedstock substitution for producing clean steel, ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, and other lower-carbon chemicals.

Dastur Energy, Gas Technology Institute partner on low-carbon gasification solutions in India. Photo courtesy of Dastur Energy.

David Carroll — Gas Technology Institute President and CEO said: “We are motivated to shape and accelerate clean energy transitions that protect the planet while enhancing the quality of life for our fellow citizens. Through our partnership with Dastur, we look forward to improving access to the affordable, low-carbon energy required to sustain India and its impressive record of progress.”

Dastur Energy and Gas Technology Institute plan to offer integrated solutions for the broadest variety of Indian coals with comprehensive gasifier process design packages, technology licensing, and gas conditioning expertise, complete engineering for the gasifier and other components of the plant, support for implementation, management of the project, operations training, and start-up and commissioning of the plant.

Atanu Mukherjee — Dastur Energy President and CEO said: “We envision that India’s energy transition has significant opportunities to leverage its vast resource endowments to create an “Atma Nirbhar” clean energy future. We believe that our gasification solutions based on GTI’s technology will be technologically superior, capable of scaling up to meet the nation’s needs, and be commercially attractive for gasifying India’s high ash coals.

“We look forward to working with GTI in enabling India’s low-carbon energy ecosystem with increasingly localized and indigenized technologies and solutions.”