Current Context : Ministry of Coal launched India’s First Ever Pilot project for Underground Coal Gasification in Jharkhand.

Aim : to revolutionize the coal industry by using in-situ coal gasification.

ABOUT COAL GASIFICATION

• It is a process to convert underground coal into gasses like methane, hydrogen, carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide (CO2 ).
• These gases can be utilized to produce synthetic natural gas, chemical feedstocks for fuels, fertilizers, explosives, and other industrial applications.
• In gasification process, coal is oxidised by air, oxygen, steam, or CO2 under controlled conditions to produce a liquid fuel known as syngas.
• Syngas is a mixture of CO and hydrogen, and produce gaseous fuels like Methane and is used for power generation.