The scheme aims to accelerate coal gasification and advance the National Coal Gasification Mission.
About FIS
- Launched: 2024.
- Outlay: ₹8,500 crore.
- Implementation: Ministry of Coal.
- Aim: Encourage both private and public sector to undertake coal gasification projects.
- Three Categories: Selected applicants under Category I and III were announced earlier.
About Coal Gasification
- Meaning: It is a technological process that converts any carbonaceous (carbon-based) raw material like coal into fuel gas or synthesis gas (syngas).
- Syngas is an intermediate in the production of synthetic natural gas, composed mainly of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2).
- Process: Occurs in a gasifier (a high temperature/pressure vessel) where oxygen and steam come in direct contact with the coal to produce syngas.
Significance of Coal Gasification
- Cleaner Form of Energy: Coal is converted into a gaseous fuel which is easy to handle and is clean.
- Use in Chemical and Petrochemical Industry: Can be used to make methanol, ethanol, olefins, etc.
- Use of Syngas: It has variety of uses namely, manufacturing of ammonia, hydrogen, substitute to natural gas, reduction gas in steel industry, production of electric power, etc.
- Significance for India: Utilize India’s abundant coal reserves (378.21billion tonnes, National Coal Inventory, 2023), reduce import dependence for oil and gas needs), etc.
About National Coal Gasification Mission
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