The first drop of methanol derived from captured carbon dioxide (CO2 ) was manufacture at government-owned power manufacturers, NTPC’s 500-MW coal-fired unit on the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh.
The innovation marked a huge milestone for the carbon capture venture jointly advanced by NTPC’s Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) and UK-based Carbon Clean.
Operating for 2 years, the facility utilizes Carbon Clean’s ‘CaptureX’ semi modular technology to extract CO2 directly from flue gases and convert it into high quality methanol.
Designed to capture up to 20 tons of CO2 per day, the system shows the technical and economic feasibility of repurposing carbon emissions right into a valuable feedstock. The captured CO2 is catalytically hydrogenated the use of green hydrogen to produce methanol, providing a sustainable pathway for India’s industrial sector to provide low-carbon fuels and chemicals.
“The partnership between the United Kingdom and India is important to scaling commercial decarbonization,” stated Mr. Aniruddha Sharma, Chair and CEO of Carbon Clean. “Following the success of our preliminary 20-tpd CO2 capture venture at NTPC Vindhyachal, our technology has been selected for the following 25-tpd CO2 capture venture with a purpose to be used to produce ethanol at NTPC Simhadri.”
Carbon Clean’s modular layout decrease on-site infrastructure necessities and delivers CO2 of more than 99% purity, suitable for reuse, resale, or sequestration.
Carbon Clean had lately released its Global Innovation Centre (GIC) in India, in an effort to function one in all their important global hubs to strengthen the next generation of carbon capture technologies. The Vindhyachal venture support India’s objectives to emerge as a international hub for carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS). It also highlights the function of public-private partnerships in transforming CO2 emissions from waste into economic value, as the Indian government prepares to announces a national CCUS Mission.
