Lok Sabha Question No. 1674 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Carbon Capture Utilisation
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1674 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2025

## CARBON CAPTURE UTILISATION

† 1674.  SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA: SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the objectives and importance of Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) test beds initiative;
- (b) whether the Government has set up five CCU testing centres (Test beds) in the country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  the  specific  geographical  position  and partner institutions of these testing centres; and
- (d) whether  these  testing  centres  are  part  of  public-private partnership model in integrating educational institutions and cement industries and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पृ थ्िी विज्ञान मंत्रालय क े राज्य मंत्री ( स्ितंत्र प्रभार) ( डॉ. जितेंद्र स ंह )

- (a) The objectives and importance of Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU)  testbeds  is  to  capture  carbon  dioxide  (CO ₂ )  emission  from industrial point sources in hard-to-abate sectors and convert it into value-added products like synthetic fuels, urea, concrete aggregates, and food-grade CO ₂ . These testbeds are going to act as a platform for validating  and  deploying  CCU  technologies  at  small  scale  in  real industrial  settings  through  Industry-Academia  collaborations.  This initiative  is  important  to  enable  industrial  decarbonisation  in  the country with special focus on emissions-intensive sectors like coal

gasification plants and cement  by promoting circular carbon economy, thereby aligning well with India's overarching target of NetZero by 2070.

- (b) The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has supported  the  establishment  of  two  Test  beds  in  the  country  for research  and  testing  of  CCU  technologies  in  the  coal  gasification facilities.
- (c) The details of the specific geographical position and partner institutions of the two supported test beds are provided in the table below:
- (d) These two supported CCU test beds operate in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode, integrating academic institutions as technology  designers  and  thermal  power  industries  as  technology providers.  Additionally,  an  Expert  Panel  constituted  by  DST  has recommended setting up five CCU test beds in the country in PPP mode, integrating academic institutions as technology designers and cement  industries  as  technology  providers,  with  financing  shared between DST and respective cement industry partners at a ratio of 3:1 of the total project cost.

| Sl.   | Geographical         | Partner Institutions                                    | Partner Institutions                                              |
|-------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No.   | position             | Academia                                                | Industry                                                          |
| 1.    | Pune, Maharashtra    | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi                   | Thermax Limited, Pune                                             |
| 2.    | Hyderabad, Telangana | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Corporate R&D - Hyderabad |

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