Government to set up bio gas, coal-bed methane filling plants soon.

The Commerce and Industry Ministry has given permission to set up 16 bio gas-based and three coal-bed methane-based natural gas filling plants to encourage use of alternative fuel in the country.

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO), which is under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), is closely associated with the developmental activities for introduction of hydrogen as an alternative fuel.

She said that PESO has granted permission to Indian Oil Corporation to set up hydrogen manufacturing and dispensing facilities in their R&D centre at Faridabad, and to University of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Gurgaon for establishment and development of hydrogen production and dispensing facilities.


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