Lok Sabha Question No. 2214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Research to Develop Clean Coal Technologies
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shri P C Mohan

(a): Yes Sir.

(b): Details of ongoing or proposed initiatives of the Government to collaborate with research institutions and technology firms in Bengaluru to develop clean coal technologies including coal gasification and carbon capture solutions, are as under:

1. The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.(SCCL) partnered with Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore for a pilot project for conversion of 500kg / day Co2 to methanol.
2. Department  of  Science  &  Technology  (DST)  had  launched  Clean  Coal  Research  & Development programme in the year 2017. The main focus of the programme was on research and development to demonstrate clean coal technologies; advanced coal cutting technology; bio-methanation  of  coal  mill  and  coal  washery  rejects;  microbial  recovery  of  biogenic methane; coal  gasification,  carbon  capture  &  pollution  control;  methane  drainage  prior  to mining; calorific enhancement of coal through microwave treatment.
3. To  leverage  the  innovative  ecosystem,  DST  has  funded  multi-institutional  collaborative projects and Principal Investigator (PI) centric project at Bangalore.

(c): Yes, Sir.

(d): In 2018, DST had established a multi-institutional collaborative National Clean Coal Centre at  the  Indian  Institute  of  Science  (IISC),  Bangalore,  namely,  National  Centre  for  Clean  Coal Research and Development (NCCCRD). It is a national level consortium on clean coal R&D, led by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)-Bangalore, consortium partners include IIT Kharagpur, IIT  Madras,  IIT  Guwahati,  IIT  Bombay  and  IIT  Hyderabad.  The  objective  of  the  consortium project  is  to  address  several  critical  R&D  challenges  towards  the  development  of  clean  coal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2214

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2025

## Research to Develop Clean Coal Technologies

## 2214.    Shri P C Mohan:

Will the Minister of Coal be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  plans  to  collaborate  with  research  institutions  and  technology firms in Bengaluru to develop clean coal technologies including coal gasification and carbon capture solutions;
- (b) if so, the details of ongoing or proposed initiatives in this regard;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  setting  up  a  dedicated  National  Clean  Coal Technology Research Centre in Bengaluru to leverage its innovation ecosystem; and (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

technologies,  in  tandem  with  developing  supercritical  power  plants  technologies,  both  at  the system level as well as in materials development. The pathway identified for lowering the carbon footprint of coal based thermal power plants is by shifting towards high efficiency advanced ultrasupercritical (AUSC) steam power plants as well as supercritical carbon dioxide (s-CO2) based Brayton cycle power plants.

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