Assam Petrochemicals partners FC TecNrgy for methanol production

New Delhi: Manufacturer of fuel cells and alternative energy solutions producing customized high-quality methanol for India's fuel cell market. The MoU was signed by Col Karandeep Singh (Retd), who is the MD & CEO of FC TecNrgy Pvt Ltd, and Rajnesh Gogoi, the Managing Director of Assam Petrochemicals Limited, at the International Methanol Seminar hosted by Niti Aayog this week, according to the company's statement.

Assam Petrochemicals and FC TecNrgy Collaborate to Purify Methanol for Emerging Fuel Cell Market

The event was overseen by Niti Aayog's vice chairman, Suman Bery. The agreement between Assam Petrochemicals and FC TecNrgy will involve working together on a project to purify methanol produced by Assam Petrochemicals to achieve 99.95 percent purity. This purified methanol is intended for the expanding fuel cell market in order to help decrease the use of fossil fuels in India. The companies are working together to reach target production levels of high-quality methanol, with an estimated production of 50-75 lakh litres in the next five years, and collaborate in marketing it. This will involve future collaborative efforts to export methanol of fuel cell quality to other nations.

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"The collaboration between FC TecNrgy and Assam Petrochemicals is expected to greatly benefit both companies by entering the rapidly growing methanol fuel cell market, driven by India's efforts to reduce carbon emissions as part of COP26 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2070," the announcement mentioned. Methanol is generated by directly combining carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen with the help of a catalyst. Additionally, syngas, which is a blend of hydrogen and carbon monoxide obtained from biomass, is utilized in the production of methanol. It is utilized as a substitute fuel in cars, boats, and electricity production.

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