changeadminCarbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) stands out for its unique ability to tackle emissions that other technologies, like wind or solar, simply can’t reach.
It can play a vital role in decarbonization efforts as it captures emissions from industrial sources and power plants, preventing them from entering the atmosphere.
Multiple CCUS technologies, such as Direct Air Capture (DAC), are available to capture emissions at scale. Captured is either utilised in products (e.g., fuels, chemicals, enhanced oil recovery) or stored permanently in deep underground geological formations.
In India, the government is employing CCUS technology to meet net-zero goals and to capture emissions from “hard-to-abate” sectors like refineries, cement, steel, and chemicals, where alternative low-carbon solutions are limited.
Some of the projects are already operational, while a few others are under construction.
Operational Carbon Capture and Utilisation Projects in India
|
State / UT |
Project |
Implementing Agency | Status:
Commissioned/ Operational |
| Madhya Pradesh |
3,000 Tonnes Per Annum (TPA) Flue Gas COāā toā Methanol Plant at NTPC Vindhyachal, Vindhyanagar, Singrauli |
NTPC Ltd. | Commissioned |
| Tamil Nadu |
60,000 TPA COā Capture Facility, Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) |
Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd. |
Operational |
| Maharashtra |
500 Tonnes Per Day (TPD) COā Capture from Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Unit at Salav |
JSW Steel |
Operational |
Carbon Capture and Utilisation Projects Under Construction and Execution
| State / UT | Project | Implementing Agency | Status |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,000 TPA Flue Gas COāā toā Ethanol (Genā4) Project at Pudimadaka | NTPC Ltd. | Under Execution |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,800 TPA Flue Gas COāā toā 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 Flyā 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
Industry Partner: Thermax Ltd. |
Under Commissioning |
|
Telangana |
To develop an indigenous catalytic process for coal-derived CO2 hydrogenation to Dimethyl-ether (DME) at moderate temperatures and pressures at Hyderabad |
Knowledge Partner: CSIR-IICT
Industry Partner: BHEL Ltd |
Under Commissioning |
Proposed Carbon Capture and Utilisation Projects
| State / UT | Project | Implementing Agency |
| Assam |
Carbonated Water Injection (CWI) is planned in one of OILās reservoirs in the 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 |
Revitalisation 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 + COā 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
Partner- CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehradun, IIT-Tirupati and IISc, Bengaluru. Industry Partner- JSW Cement Ltd. |
| Gujarat | 1,500 TPD COāā 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 the 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 COāā toā Calcium Carbonate Plant (Bina Refinery) at Bina | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) |
| Haryana | 440 TPD COāā toā Acetic Acid (Panipat Refinery) at Panipat | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) |
| Odisha | 132 TPD COāā toā 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)
Industry Partner: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited
|
| Odisha |
Carbon-negative using solvent-based carbon capture technology at a scale of 1 TPD and utilising captured CO2 for mineralisation into concrete using ICCM (Integrated Carbon Capture and Mineralisation) technology. |
Knowledge Partner:
IIT Kanpur Industry Partner: JSW Cement |
| Rajasthan |
Oxygen-based Calcination to capture 2āÆTPD (Tonnes Per Day) of CO2 and its utilisation (0.4 TPD) in lightweight concrete products and olefins. |
Knowledge Partner:
National Council for Cement and Building Material, Ballabhgarh (NCCBM), IIT Roorkee Industry Partner: JK Cement Ltd. |
| 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 the 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
Partner- IIT Madras & BITS Goa Industry Partner- Ultratech Cement Ltd |
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