State-owned BHEL reported that it has signed two separate contracts for the construction of coal gasification-based plants with Coal India and NLC India Ltd.
According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Coal India Limited (CIL), BHEL and CIL will work together to establish a domestic high ash coal gasification-based coal to ammonium nitrate project.
According to the agreement with NLC India Limited (NLCIL), a lignite-based gasification pilot plant using BHEL’s homegrown Pressurized Fluidised Bed Gasification (PFBG) technology will be set up for the purpose of generating electricity.
The MoUs were signed in presence of Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra NathPandey, Minister of Mines & Coal Pralhad Joshi, NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat, BHEL CMD Nalin
Shinghal, CIL CMD PramodAgrawal, NLCIL CMD Rakesh Kumar and other senior officials of the ministries and the three PSUs, BHEL said in a statement.
