India coal-fired power plant uses captured carbon to make methanol

• 2 months ago (2025-10-10)
• David Flin

Asia 986 Coal 346 Decarbonisation 3

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Methanol has been produced from CO2 captured at the 500 MW Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, operated by NTPC , that has been fitted with carbon capture technology since 2023.

The carbon capture technology was supplied by the Indian subsidiary of UK-based Carbon Clean . The system is designed to capture 20 tonnes of CO2 per day from the plant’s flue gas. This is then hydrogenated using a catalyst and green hydrogen to produce methanol.

NTPC developed its own catalyst with assistance from the Indian Institute of Petroleum . According to test results, it can make methanol of 99+ per cent purity.