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The Sustainable Trasport Sector in India: an overview of research and acvity


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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION

This publicaon is presented to you as a companion to the EU India Greentech Matchmaking Event 2011, an eventorganized by the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) and its partners, the Indo-Italian Chamber of

Commerce and Industry (IICCI), the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, Innovhub and CEIPIEMONTE.

Within the framework of the rst edion of the Indo-Italian Business Conference (IIBC), this event aims to create

connecons and foster an exchange of technologies, patents and knowledge between European and Indian

companies in the energy, environment and sustainable transport sectors.

On 27th and 29th September 2011, a European and Indian delegaon of companies and research organizaons

is meeng in two Indian cies, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Their agenda is rich with business-to-business partnering

sessions, panel and round table discussions with key government ocials and top players of the Indian industry,

networking events and site visits.

This publicaon aims to oer you an overview of the ve sectors that are relevant to the event: environmental

biotech, renewable energy, sustainable transport, water management, and solid waste management. In order

to introduce you to these elds, each volume oers a summary of relevant research, as well as a representave

collecon of organizaons acve in this space.

We hope this will be a valuable tool in the producve exchange of knowledge and experience, and the creaon of

business opportunies during the event.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are grateful to Mr. Sauro Mezze of EUTECNE for coordinang the eorts that made it possible to publish this

paper. We also give thanks to Energy Alternaves India for contribung their research.

For any queries related to this paper, please contact Mr. Gianpaolo Sarolli at the Chamber of Commerce Milan -

Innovhub ([email protected]).


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PREFACE

In the last decade India has witnessed the beginning of a mass motorizaon process. The automobile industryaccounts for to 6% of the Indias GDP, and the country is becoming a major car consuming market.

The connuaon of this trend will pose serious challenges for any serious acon against climate change. The

development of new technologies for vehicles with lower emission or no-emission is therefore a top priority for

the Indian economy. However, this is not enough. The growth of infrastructure is able to match the growth of the

vehicles in circulaon, thus creang congeson of cies and aggravang the issue.

This report highlights the recent trends and acons undertaken in India to tackle these problems through

technology for alternave fuels to reduce air polluon. In the eld of alternave fuels there are two naonal

missions under implementaon. One is related to bio-fuel and the other to fuel cell, which has one component

specically dedicated to transport. A short overview of organizaons and research agencies operang in these

elds has been included.

The overview presented here is not necessarily complete. India is a large country with many public and private

instuons, and many local decentralized iniaves, so we did not aim to give a full presentaon. Our purpose

is mainly to give a broad indicaon to European companies, organizaons, and research instuons about a eld

of opportunies for Transfer of Technology, and to make a small step towards widening the scope of cooperaon

between Europe and India.


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1. THRUST AREAS FOR FUEL CELL IDENTIFIED BY THE MINISTRY OF NEW AND

RENEWABLE ENERGY

1. HYDROGEN PRODUCTION/SUPPLY

a) Tapping by-product/ spare hydrogen

b) Design and development of skid-mounted small scale steam methane reformers (SMR) for distributed

generaon of hydrogen

c) Design and development of high eciency water electrolysers, including solid polymer electrolyte water

electrolyser (SPEWE), for distributed hydrogen producon

d) Puricaon, pressurizaon and storage

e) Design and technology of small reformers for on-site and on-board reformaon

f) Pilot scale generaon of hydrogen by biological processes

g) Pilot scale demonstraon of hydrogen producon from carbohydrate bioorganic waste by dierent processes

h) Pilot plant for low temperature water spling by biological route

i) Pilot plant for producon of hydrogen and synthec uid fuel by adopng IGCC technology for Indian coal as

well as biomass

j) R&D on high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE)

k) Design and development of 1 Nm3/hr HTSE and 5 Nm3/hr indigenously developed SPEWE

l) Design and development of solar based water spling processes

i. Hydrogen Storage

a) Development of inter-metallic hydrides with storage eciency: 5 wt% & cycle life of 1,000 cycles

b) Development of high pressure (~500 bar) gaseous cylinder

c) Development of Nano-materials, including carbon nano-tubes/ nano- bres

d) Development of alanates, including Na and Mg alanates

e) Exploraon of unusual storage modes like depleted mines

ii. Hydrogen Delivery

a) Decentralized distribuon through high pressure (>200 bar) gaseous cylinders employing trucks

b) Decentralized distribuon through hydrides canisters

c) Decentralized distribuon through high pressure (500 bar) gaseous cylinders employing trucks

d) Pipeline network

e) Decentralized distribuon through hydrides canisters


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2. HYDROGEN APPLICATION IN TRANSPORT, POWER GENERATION AND

OTHER APPLICATIONS

i. IC Engine Route

a) Design & Development of hydrogen IC engines and components for transport, portable and staonery

applicaons

ii. Fuel Cell Route

Low Temperature Fuel Cells

(i) Design and development of PEMFC and AFC

(ii) PEMFC:

a) Low-cost proton exchange membranes as a substute to costly imported membrane

b) Low-cost bipolar plates (graphite based, high conducvity, impervious) preferably with ow grooves

incorporated during molding itself

c) Higher CO tolerant anode catalyst

d) Cheaper cathode catalyst

e) Electrode support substrate (graphite paper)

(iii) AFC:

a) Compact, low-power electrolyte re-circulang system

b) Low cost CO2 scrubber & alkali-water heat exchanger

c) Low-cost catalysts (Ni-Co spinel, MnO2/C)

d) Low-cost, resin based mono-polar plates/cell enclosures

e) Regenerave CO2 scrubbing system

(iv) Opmize design of various components (bipolar plates, MEAs etc for PEMFC and electrode frames, seals, CO2

scrubbing/electrolyte re-circulang systems for AFC)

(v) Assemble and test the stacks

(vi) Integrate the AFC and PEMFC stacks with other subsystems

(vii) Design & development micro power rang/size Fuel Cells (like pencil cells/baeries) for small/micro power

applicaons for laptops, mobile phones and other small power requiring gadgets/systems

High Temperature Fuel Cells

(i) Design and development of SOFC stacks (5 kW) and of MCFC stacks (10 kW) :

a) Decide which SOFC technology is to be pursued (Planar or Tubular);

b) Develop and opmize component and stack design for SOFC and MCFC. Idenfy fuel to be used


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(ii) Design and development of SOFC stacks and of MCFC stacks:

a) Develop various components (electrodes, electrolyte, seals) including idenfying the materials to be used

& processing techniques to be adopted. Design inter-connects (between adjacent cells) and overall current

collectors

b) Design mechanical systems (clamping / stacking arrangements, ow eld design etc.) Finalize stack

assembly & tesng procedures. Integrate the complete system and test

c) Design C&I and inverter systems and incorporate safety systems

d) Design skid mounted sub-assemblies/ systems for ease of transportaon to site

e) Install, Commission & test the integrated system


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2. ORGANIZATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH FOR

SUSTAINABLE TRASPORT

1. COMPANIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INDIAN FUEL CELL

SECTOR

i. Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (CFCT)

Brief Prole:

ARCIs Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (CFCT), established in Chennai, specically contributes to naonal eorts in the above

emergent eld. Although mandated to develop the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Technology, CFCT is

gearing up to play a key role in varied aspects of the hydrogen economy. Since incepon in 2004, CFCT has madeconsiderable progress and is on the verge of taking up programs to demonstrate actual applicaons.

Areas of Work:

Fuel Cell Systems Hydrogen Generaon Technologies

PEM Fuel Cell

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Alkaline Fuel Cell (upcoming)

Borohydride Fuel Cell (upcoming)

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (upcoming)

Microbial Fuel Cell (upcoming)

Electrolysis

Chemical Hydrides

Photo Electrochemical (upcoming)

Technology Transfer

Technologies for Commercializaon:

Process know how for making bipolar plates from exfoliated graphite useful in PEM Fuel Cells1.

Process know how for making gas diusion electrodes used for PEM Fuel Cells2.

Process know how for making catalyst coated membranes3.

Automac load tracking ow control system for fuel cell applicaon4.Water cooled fuel cell stacks in the range 500-5,000 was5.

Air cooled fuel cell stacks in the range 50-500 was6.

Open cathode cooled fuel cell stacks in the range 50-500 was7.

Technologies that will be ready shortly:

Fully Automated Fuel Cell Control System8.

Grid Independent Automated Fuel Cell Systems (GIPS) in the range 500 was to 5,000 was (AC power) - Liquid9.

Cooled

Grid Independent Automated Fuel Cell Stacks with DC Power Output (2,500 was) - Liquid Cooled10.

Membrane based Humidier for PEM Fuel Cells (100 was 650 was)11.


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Technologies that will be ready by next year:

Grid Independent Automated Fuel Cell Systems (GIPS) 10,000 was (AC and DC power) - Liquid Cooled

Contact Details:

Centre for Fuel Cell Technology

IIT M Research Park, Phase-1

2nd Floor, Secon B1

TS No. 2D, F Block

6 Kanagam Road, Taramani

CHENNAI - 600 113, India

Phone: +91-44-66632700/2701

Fax: +91-44-66632702Email:[email protected], [email protected]

Website: hp://www.arci.res.in/cfct/index.html

ii. Naonal Chemical Laboratory (NCL)

Brief Prole:

A unique non-prot resource center dedicated to the isolaon, collecon, preservaon and distribuon of authenc

cultures of industrially important microorganisms. The mission of NCL is:

To carry out R&D in chemical and related sciences with a view to eventually deliver a product, process, intellectual

property, tacit knowledge or service that can create wealth and provide other benets to NCLs stakeholders

To build and maintain a balance porolio of scienc acvies as well as R&D programs to enable NCL to fulll

the demands of its stakeholders, present and future

To create and sustain specialized Knowledge Competencies and Resource Centers within NCL which can provide

support to all stakeholders of NCL

Current Areas of Work:

Several interesng hybrid nano-structured materials for device applicaons have been developed. Some of these

materials include funconalized carbon nanotubes and oxides like cuprous oxide and n oxide with an organic

monolayer capping, biomimec synthesis of minerals. Nanostructured and other magnec oxides, prepared by

sol-gel and other so chemistry routes.

Contact Details:

Dr. K. Vijayamohanan

Naonal Chemical Laboratory,

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road ,

Pune 411 008 India

Email : [email protected]

Phone : +91-20-2590 2588, 2635

Fax : +91-20-2590 2636

Website: hp://www.ncl-india.org/index.jsp


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iii. The Bhabha Atomic Research center

Brief Prole:A premier mul-disciplinary Nuclear Research Centre of India having excellent infrastructure for advanced Research

and Development with experse covering the enre spectrum of Nuclear Science and Engineering and related areas.

In a nutshell, BARC provides a broad spectrum of scienc and technological acvies extending from basic

laboratory bench scale research to scaled up plant level operaons and its funconal domain covers all walks of

science and technology stretching from classical school of thoughts to the emerging novel elds of interest. The

core mandate of this instuon is to provide Research and Development support required to sustain one of the

major peaceful applicaons of nuclear energy viz. power generaon.

Current Areas of Work:Solid oxide fuel cell

Basic research on anode, cathode, electrolyte and inter-connecter materials for SOFC technology in conjuncon

with Indian Instute of Technology, Chennai

The Fuel Cell Development Program at BARC aims at1:

Technology Development and Demonstraon for 5 kW tubular SOFC and 1 kW Planar Mul-cell PEMFC systems

complete with fuel generator and power condioner

Seng up of facilies and infrastructure for fabricaon/ integraon of fuel cell components and other

subsystems, specially thin ceramic lms for SOFC and Membranes and MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly)for PEMFC.

Modular Cell design for standardizaon and scale up

Contact Details:

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,

Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085

INDIA


Phone : +91-22-25505050 / 25592000

Fax : +91-22-25505151 / 25519613

Website: hp://www.barc.ernet.in

More info - hp://203.199.213.48/1097/1/B_P_Sharma.pdf

iv. The Indian Instute of Sciences, Bangalore

Brief Prole:

The Indian Instute of Science (IISc) was conceived as a Research Instute or University of Research in the

the 19th century. The Instute began with only two departments: General and Applied Chemistry and Electro-Technology. Several new areas of research have been established, many of them for the rst me in India. The

1More info - hp://203.199.213.48/1097/1/B_P_Sharma.pdf


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Instutes departments in elds ranging from Biochemistry to Aerospace Engineering have served to nucleate

research and development in both the public and private sectors.


Developing SOFC systems. A methanol reformer was developed and integrated with a fuel cell system by IISc,

Bangalore

Work on developing a DMFC is underway at IISc. In addion, research on SOFC is being done at IISc and Central

Glass & Ceramic Research Instute (CGCRI), Kolkata

Contact Details:

Jalahalli,

Bangalore,Karnataka - 560012,

Phone:(91)80-23600757,

Fax:(91)80-23600683, 23600685,

Email: [email protected],

Website: hp://www.iisc.ernet.in,

v. The Indian Instute of Technology, Kharagpur

Brief Prole:

The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946. The department of metallurgical & materials engineering developed

excellent experse in the areas of Extracve and Physical Metallurgy, Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Behaviour

of Materials, Nano-Science and Technology, Modelling and Simulaon, Surface Engineering, Powder Metallurgy and

Environmental Degradaon of Materials. One of the very important dimensions of this department is its well equipped

laboratory with sophiscated machines like High Resoluon X-ray Diractometers, Thermal Analyzers, Parcle Size

Analyzers, Digital Hardness Testers, Nano-indenter, Atomic Force Microscope, Universal Tesng Machine, High

Temperature Tensile and Compressive Creep Tesng Machines, Rotang Bending Fague Tesng Machine, Vacuum

Inducon Melng Furnace, High Energy Ball Mills, Plasma Ion Implanter, Erosion Rig, Potenostats, Slow Strain Rate

Tesng Machine, Programmable Furnaces, Opcal microscopes with Image Analyzer, Scanning Electron Microscope,

Transmission Electron Microscope, and High Resoluon Transmission Electron Microscope. The sponsored projects

undertaken by the department are in the areas of Nanostructured materials, Intersal-free and Micro Alloyed

Steels, Composites, Intermetallics, Biomaterials, Lithium Ion Baery, Ultrahigh temperature ceramics, Fague,

Creep and Fracture Mechanics, Structural Integrity Analysis of Irradiated Nuclear Material, Surface Engineering of

Metals and Alloys, Oxidaon and Environmental Degradaon, Solidicaon Processing, Genec Algorithm, Process

Simulaon and Modelling, and Evaluaon of Ternary Alloy Phase Diagrams


Materials for solid oxide fuel cells

Hydrogen storage Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Lithium Ion Baery

Microbial Fuel Cell 2

2More info - hp://www.btc.iitkgp.ernet.in/ddas.html


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Contact Details:

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Indian Instute of Technology Kharagpur,

Kharagpur - 721302, INDIA

Phone: +91-3222-2882279

Fax: +91-3222-255303

Email: [email protected]

Website: hp://www.iitkgp.ac.in, hp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/departments/home.php?deptcode=MT

More info - hp://www.btc.iitkgp.ernet.in/ddas.html

vi. The Indian Instute of Technology, Madras

Brief Prole:

The Indian Instute of Technology Madras is one among the foremost instutes of naonal importance in higher

technological educaon, basic and applied research. The Instute has een academic departments and a few

advanced research centers in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories

organized in a unique paern of funconing. Facules of internaonal repute, a brilliant student community,

excellent technical and supporng sta and an eecve administraon have all contributed to the pre-eminent

status of IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras.

The focus areas of the chemical engineering department are in energy (fuel cells, coal gasicaon and combuson),systems and control (data analysis, fault diagnosis, opmizaon, advanced control), process intensicaon

(ultrasonics, microwaves, microuidics and microreactors), biochemical and environmental engineering (waste

water treatment, bioremediaon of soils, air polluon monitoring), and materials (polymers, electronic materials,

catalysts).


Solide Oxyde Fuel Cell, Alkaline DMFC

Indian Instute of Technology (IIT), Madras (Chennai) in collaboraon with the Southern Petrochemical

Industries Corporaon Science Foundaon (SPIC-SF) is developing a 250 wa DMFC stack, under a government

funded project. As part of an R&D project sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources

(MNES), SPIC-SF has also developed a PEM-based uninterrupted power supply (UPS) system. This system is

to be tested at the IIT Madras (Chennai) for its performance and reliability. IIT Madras also has advanced

studies ongoing on hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes. It claims to be able to store up to 5% hydrogen

reliably. There are also some projects to produce hydrogen from alternave sources, although these are at

an early stage.

Contact Details:

Department of Chemistry,

Indian Instute of Technology Madras,I.I.T. Post Oce, Chennai - 600 036

India


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Phone:+91 (44) 2257 4241

Fax: +91 (44) 2257 0509

Email:[email protected]

Website: hp://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profviswanathan/index.htm, www.iitm.ac.in

vii. Central Electrochemical Research Instute (CECRI)

Brief Prole:

Central Electrochemical Research Instute (CECRI) was founded in 1948 and represents the largest research

establishment for electrochemistry in South Asia. Headquartered at Karaikudi, CECRI has extension centers in

Chennai, Mandapam and Tucorin. In the year 2004, CECRI was selected as one of the nodal laboratories for

R&D on hydrogen-based fuel cells under the New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Iniave. Such a

R&D program is seminal for the country since hydrogen has come to be seen as the ulmate fuel for the future.

In a short span of two years, CECRI has developed and demonstrated self-sustainable polymer electrolyte

fuel cell stacks for portable power applicaons, clearly establishing its capability to frucfy a concept into

the product. Based on this noteworthy contribuon, presgious clean energy projects for cung-edge R&D

on hydrogen-based fuel cells and next-generaon lithium baeries have been awarded to CECRI during the

eleventh ve year plan.

CECRI Madras Centre, established in 1971, in this complex is one among the three centers of Central

Electrochemical Research Instute, Karaikudi. This Centre has been recently transformed into a full-edged R&DCentre for select electrochemical power systems namely fuel cells, super capacitors and electrochemical solar

cells. The focus of this centre is to act as a nucleus for developing funconally beer performing cost eecve

electrochemical power delivering systems of the above menoned devices through creaon of new knowledge

and its transformaon into applicaon oriented ulity.


Developed and tested a MCFC stack

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (PEFC), Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) , Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell (DBFC),

Super capacitors (Supercaps) and Dye-Sensized Solar Cells (DSSC)

Contact Details:

CECRI Chennai Unit

CSIR Complex

TTTI, Taramani, Chennai - 600113

Tamil Nadu, India

Phone: +91 (44) 22542818, 22542068, 22541384

Fax:+91 (44) 22542456

Email: [email protected],[email protected]

Website:hp://www.cecri.res.in, hp://csirmadrascomplex.gov.in/Cecri.html


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viii. Central Glass and Ceramics Research Instute (CGCRI)

Brief Prole:

Central Glass and Ceramic Research Instute (CGCRI), one of the foremost laboratories in the family of the Council

of Scienc and Industrial Research was formally inaugurated on August 26, 1950. In the early phases, the R&D

acvies of Instute concentrated mainly on the benefacon and characterizaon of raw materials of interest

to glass and ceramics. Today, CGCRI is the only research laboratory in India engaged in the development of glass,

ceramics and ceramics based composite materials. A wide experse pool generated through years of devoted

eorts spans from basic research to technology development at bench and prototype scales.

Currently the Instute is engaged in six sectors namely Materials, Minerals & Manufacturing, Communicaon

& Instrumentaon, Health Care, Energy & Environment, Water Technology and Rural Development out of the

sixteen technology sectors that are of naonal priority in the eleventh ve-year plan. In tune with the global

R&D scenario, the Instute has augmented a couple of froner areas - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Nanostructured

Materials besides its involvement in the high-tech areas: Specialty Glasses, Fibre Opcs & Photonics, Bio-ceramics

& Coang, Engineering Ceramics inclusive of Refractory, Composites and Non-Oxide Materials, Advanced Clay &

Tradional Ceramics, Ceramic Membranes and Ceramic based Sensor and Actuators. The dimension of materials

spans wide: ny nano-parcles to the big slab and blocks; a chain of state-of-the-art material characterizaon

facilies provides the essenal back up support to R&D in various areas.


Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)

SOFC Stack

Contact Details:

Central Glass & Ceramic Research Instute

196 Raja S C Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032 (INDIA)

Phone : +91-33-2473-5829

Fax : +91-33- 2473-0957


Website: hp://www.cgcri.res.in, hp://www.cgcri.res.in/page.php?id=282

ix. Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

Brief Prole:

Banaras Hindu University ranks among the top instuons in the country in the eld of academic and research

output.

The well established research groups led by the faculty members, oer research facilies in the areas of Chemical

sensors with major emphasis on commercial development of electrochemical biosensors/sensors, Organicallymodied silicate based nanomaterials and nanocomposite Water Polluon Control, Hydrometallurgy, Tribology

and E P lubricant addive development, Corrosion-inhibion of metals and alloys, Synthec heterocyclic chemistry,


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Computer-aided chemistry problem soluons, Coordinaon Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry. The faculty has

guided about 50 Ph.D.s and published over 500 research papers in leading Internaonal and Naonal Journals.

The Departmental research has been supported by DST, DOEnv., MHRD, CSIR, UGC and AICTE. The Department

has also been able to establish major research laboratories on Electrochemical biosensors development, Water

Polluon control laboratory and Centre for Tribology laboratory.


Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is carrying out research and development of metal hydride storage methods for

hydrogen and the use of hydrogen in internal combuson engines. In 2001, the instute started a eld trial with 10

motorcycles and added a three-wheeler to the eet in 2004. The demonstraon program is supported by Indias

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources (MNES).

Contact Details:

Instute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,

Varanasi 221005

Phone : +91 542 2307024/25

Fax : +91 542 2368428


Website: www.bhu.ac.in, hp://www.itbhu.ac.in/apc/


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1. COMPANIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INDIAN BIOFUELS

SECTOR

A) Biofuels

i. Bharat Renewable Energy Ltd (BREL)

Main Line of acvity: Jatropha and Pongamia culvaon

Locaon: Lucknow, India

Company Prole/Overview:

Bharat Renewable Energy Limited is a company promoted by Bharat Petroleum Corporaon Limited, NandanBiomatrix Limited & Shapoorji & Pallonji Corporaon Limited.

BREL has been mandated by the government of Uar Pradesh to carry out biofuel/jatropha plantaon in 10 lakh

acres of unused land in 5 years.

Bharat Renewable Energy Limited (BREL) with the help of Bio Energy Mission cell (under Planning Department,

Government of Uar Pradesh) is seng up a bio diesel value chain in Uar Pradesh.

Collaboraon: SG Biofuels

Co-ordinates:

Address: Bharat Renewable Energy Limited, 4/28, 1st Floor, Vishal Khand,

Gom Nagar, Lucknow 226010 (U.P)

Phone: 91-0522-4022087

Email [email protected]: hp://brel.in/

ii. Praj Industries Ltd

Locaon: Pune, India

Main Line of acvity: Provides technology plaorms to the stakeholders in the biofuel industry

Prole/Overview:

The Company addresses the enre value chain for processing of alcohol/ethanol as well as beer

producon, right from feedstock handling to fermentaon, disllaon and waste water treatment and

re-ulizaon and has over 450 references in more than 60 countries across 5 connents.

Coordinates:

Address: Praj House, Bavdhan, Pune 411 021. INDIA

Phone: Phone: +91-20-22951511 / 22952214

E-mail : [email protected]

Website:hp://www.praj.net/


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iii. Mission New Energy Limited

Locaon: Bhubaneswar, India

Line of Acvity: Integrated global renewable energy company

Prole/Overview:

Mission New Energy has the rening capacity to deliver over 105 million gallons of biodiesel (2.6 million barrels),

every year, and holds numerous cercaons for biofuel quality and sustainability, including the BPACAGQM

technical standard and ISO 9001:2008.

Mission reneries are located at Kuantan Port, Malaysia. Culvang over 194,000 acres of Jatropha Curcas

under contract farming agreements.

Mission NewEnergy operates in over 15,000 villages across ve states in India. These operaons are providing

sustained employment for over 140,000 previously impoverished farmers.

Coordinat.es:

Address: Maa Gouri Complex, 2nd oor, Plot no. 191 Lewis Road, Bhubaneswar, 751014, Orissa, India

Phone: 91 674 2436744

Email: [email protected]

Website: hp://missionnewenergy.com/

iv. IKF Green Fuel Ltd.

Locaon:Uar Pradesh, India.Main Line of acvity: Jatropha Biodiesel

Prole/Overview:

The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of IKF Technologies Ltd. (www.ikf-technologies.com), having its

registered oce in Shillong and corporate oce in NOIDA, India. IKF has evolved a model of Jatropha culvaon

through Company owned / leased lands and through contract farming across the country. It has the largest area

under Jatropha culvaon in around sixteen states throughout India.

Partnership: Sigma Bio-fuel, Avani Vermi Compost & Bio-fuel, Indian Oil Corporaon Limited

Jatropha Plantaon Locaon: Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

Highlights: IKFGFL is culvang Jatropha on more than 10,000 ha under contract farming in dierent states.

Coordinates:

Address: A-56, Sector-16,Noida-201301. (UP) IndiaPhone: +91-120-4633000E-Mail: [email protected]

Website: hp://ikfgreenfuel.in/


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v. AE Biofuels

Locaon: Kakinada, India

Main Line of acvity:Cellulosic Ethanol

Prole/Overview:

Technology: AE Biofuels ulizes an Integrated Plant Approach that allows for the use of cellulose, corn and sugar

feed stocks, increasing eciencies. It also facilitates the upgrading of exisng corn ethanol plants to use both corn

and cellulosic feedstock and enables sugar cane ethanol plants to convert bagasse into fuel.

Useful Links: hp://aebiofuels.com/_pdfs/AE%20Biofuels%20Presentaon%202011-05-06.pdf

Website: www.aebiofuels.com

vi. Godavari Bioreneries Ltd

Locaon:Mumbai, India

Main Line of acvity: Sugar Manufacturer

Prole/Overview:

The Company has plants located in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra in India & has diverse interests in Sugar,

Power, Industrial Alcohol, Heavy Organic Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Bio-ferlizers & Agricultural Research. Itmanufacturers more than twenty products from renewable resources, thereby forming an enre Value Chain right

from Sugar Cane to Sugar to other value added products like Power, Ethanol, Bio-ferlizers etc.

Coordinates:

Address: Somaiya Bhavan 45-47, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Post Box No.384, Fort, Mumbai 400 001. INDIAPhone: 91+22-22858430/40/50Website: www.somaiya.com

vii. Nimbkar Agricultural Research InstuteLocaon: Mumbai, India

Main Line of acvity: Sustainable Rural Development through Applicaon of Science and Technology

Technology: Development of high yielding variees and hybrids of sweet sorghum

Prole/Overview:

NARI is an NGO and non-prot research and development instute. It was established in 1968 and registered under

the Sociees Registraon Act XII of 1860 and the Bombay Public Trust Act of 1950. It is situated in the rural town

of Phaltan in Maharashtra state. The Instute undertakes research and development in agriculture, renewableenergy, animal husbandry and sustainable development.


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Coordinates:

Address: Phaltan-Lonand Road, Tambmal, P.O.Box 44, Phaltan - 415523, Maharashtra,IndiaPhone: 91-2166-220945, 91-2166-222396E mail: [email protected]

Website: hp://www.nariphaltan.org/nari/index.php

viii. Krishnamurthy Instute of Algology, Chennai (KIA)

Main line of acvity:

Krishnamurthy instute of Algology (KIA) provides consultancy for algae based industries, provides infrastructure

facilies and guidance to research students in their PhD programme and for research projects in microbiology and

phycology. Their main area of experse includes collecng and evaluang marine and fresh-water algal vegetaon

for maintenance at their research facility.

Headquartered at:Chennai

Area of Experse:

Experse on isolang, culturing and culvang marine algae and their chemistry and ulizaon

Studies on South Indian Algae Strain selecon and biomass ulizaon from the algae strains

Collaboraon:

Vivekananda Instute of Algology (VIAT), Phycospectrum Consultants Pvt Ltd

Highlights:

KIA was started to decipher and exploit the potenal of microalgae which are of great economic importance

Collecng and evaluang marine algal vegetaon are one of their main areas of experse

Coordinates:

Address: 52, A, AK Block, 7th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600 040, India

E-mail: [email protected]: 91 - 44 26201132

Website: hp://kiachennai.com/

ix. Centre for Conservaon & Ulizaon of Blue Green Algae, Indian instute of

Agricultural research (IARI), Delhi


Naonal Centre for conservaon and Ulizaon of Blue-Green Algae is a naonal research centre under Indian

instute of Agricultural research (IARI), Delhi. The Centre funcons as a service as well as depository centre in the

country for algal isolates. It also acts as a Naonal germplasm centre for blue-green algae (BGA).

Headquartered at: New Delhi


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Area of Experse:

Experse in conducng basic and applied research on blue-green algae

Provides services for unialgal culture isolaon

Protocol development and Mass producon of BGA bioferlizer

Strain selecon for nitrogen xing potenal and value added products like biopolymers, natural colours,

proteins, biofuels etc and to study on bioremediaon potenal of blue green algae

Morphology, physiology and ecology of algae

Highlights:

Isolaon, puricaon and maintenance of blue algal strains from various agro ecological regions of India

x. Birla Instute of Scienc Research, Jaipur


Birla Instute of Scienc Research (BISR) is involved in fostering and promong various aspects of science and

technology and has mul-funconal acvies.

Headquartered at: Jaipur, Rajasthan

Area of Experse:

Culvang marine algae strains with a big-focus on Dunaliella species for biofuels and carbon-dioxide

sequestraon from algae

Culvang algae-strains for biobutanol Producon

Highlights:

Culvang marine microalgae for biodiesel and biobutanol producon

Website: hp://www.bisr.res.in

xi. Naonal Instute of Ocean Technology


The Naonal Instute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 The major aim of starng

NIOT is to develop world class technologies and their applicaons for sustainable ulizaon of ocean resources.

Headquartered at: ChennaiArea of Experse:

Ulizaon of deep ocean water for algal culturing

Technology employed:

Potenal of deep ocean water for algal culture


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Highlights:

Culturing of algae from oceans, development of photobioreactors for certain strains isolated from the ocean.

Website: hp//www.niot.res.in

xii. Hash BioTech Labs Pvt. Ltd


Hash BioTech Labs Private Limited was founded in 2007 with their main R&D focus on bio ernergy, bio-cosmecs,

nutraceucals, pharmaceucals using algae.

Headquartered at: Mohali, Punjab

Area of Experse:

Outdoor mass producon of high-oil yielding algae strains

Extracon, puricaon and producon of nutraceucal products as well as biodiesel and bioethanol

Highlights:

Genec modicaons and opmizaons of various micro algal strains for the bio-energy, pharmaceucals,

neutraceucals, medical diagnoscs, food & beverages, cosmecs.

Website: hp://www.hashbiotech.com/hashbiotech/default.aspx

xiii. The DBT-ICT Centre of Energy Biosciences, Instute of Chemical Technology,

Mumbai


The Centre is focused primarily at developing biotechnologies for deriving energy from renewable resources and

cut down greenhouse gas emissions.

Headquartered at: Mumbai

Area of Experse:

Strain-improvement and algae-culture maintenance

Producon of cellulosic ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass

Highlights:

Engineering algal strains to produce biomass and natural products, algal biohydrogen producon, protocol to

produce high amounts of fermentable sugars in the single-cells of algae.

Website: hp://ictmumbai.edu.in


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xiv. Enhanced Biofuels & Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd.


Enhanced biofuels established in 1989 was mainly started to perform research on Jatropha. Eventually, they started

working on algae.

The company has undertaken research and development in the eld of Agronomy, Processing Technology,

Renewable Energy, Biotechnology, and Microbiology and microalgae culvaon. The company comprises a series

of experts with extensive experse in agronomy, soil sciences, microbiology, plant breeding and oil technology.

Headquartered at: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Area of Experse:

Collecon of microalgal cultures and evaluang them. They have isolated 86 algae cultures from Indian laboratories

and U.S. laboratories and have maintained it in their laboratory.


EBTIs business is the delivery of end to end soluons for bio energy, designed to support all segments of the supply

chain associated with the producon of biodiesel, bio ethanol, bio energy, bio lubricants, bio pescides, bio ferlizers

and other high value commodies derived from the processing of various biomass resources with a big focus on algae.

Future Plans:

They are planning to produce non-fuel products rst while producing fuel products; for example: they are working

on producing high-value end products such as omega-3 fay acid while producing biodiesel so as to make the

process economically viable.

Highlights:

The company is focused in biofuel producon using non edible sources of feed stock like Jatropha and algae

They have isolated 86 algae cultures from Indian laboratories and U.S. laboratories and have maintained it in

their laboratory

Website:hp://www.ebplc.com

xv. The Energy and Resources Instute (TERI)


The Energy-Environment Technology Development (EETD) Division of TERI focuses on products and services based

on renewable energy technologies and resource eciency.


Area of Experse:

Algae-culvaon in open-pond systems


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Collaboraon:

Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (IBSD)

Assam Agricultural University (AAU)

Mizoram University (MU)

Highlights:

Pilot Scale Demonstraon of algal oil Producon has been carried out by isolang around 20 nave algae strains

with high lipid content.

Website: hp://www.teriin.org/index.php

xvi. TRA Internaonal


The Company consists of an internaonal team of commied sciensts and entrepreneurs interested in translang

high technology into green soluons


Area of Experse:

They have developed a scalable bioreactor suitable to various climates that has shown eecve carbon reduconfor a wide range of applicaons.


They have developed a unique genecally modied algal strain and medium for algae which can grow under

varied condions

They have successfully demonstrated their technology in MIT campus, USA and seeking funds for joint ventures

for commercializaon

Highlights:

Innovated and developed a scalable photobioreactor capable of sequestering carbon-dioxide emissions from

smoke stacks and furnaces.

Website: hp://www.trainternaonal.com

xvii. Energy Microalgae


The company includes a team of professionals include biologists, engineers, managers legal experts and accountants

who work for a common goal.

Headquartered at: Kerala, India.


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Developed an open trough bioreactor system which avoids the demerits of both closed photo bioreactor and

open ponds

Their algae harvesng system HYDROPHOBIC CELL ESCALATION is a milking process. There will be 3-5 harvests

per day depending upon the cell density

They are using an in built harvesng mechanism which can be fully automated. Biomass producon achieved

up to 40gm/sq m/day. The harvested algae biomass is sun dried to a moisture content of


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By combining both phototrophic and heterotrophic modes of culvaon techniques very high producvity has

been achieved

Micro algal culvaon using open raceway pond and have opmized parameters for nutrient input and regular

harvesng

Website: hp://phycospectrum.com/

xix. Shirke Biohealthcare Pvt. Ltd


Founded in 1997, Shirke Biohealthcare is emerged one of the leading company in the eld of Biotechnology with its

wide experience in the eld of Pharmaceucal, Agriculture, Non-convenonal energy & Environmental science.

Headquartered at: Pune

Area of Experse:

Extracon of oil from algae and convergence into biodiesel.

Highlights:

SBHCPL have an advance technology for producon of 25 kilograms of oil per day per 1,000 square meter pond.

Website: hp://www.shirkebiofuels.com/algae.htm

xx. Beckons Industries Ltd.


Beckons high yield algae farms recycle carbon dioxide from ue gases to produce biofuels and feed, reducing net

carbon dioxide producon as waste becomes prot.

Headquartered at: Chandigarh (INDIA)

Area of Experse:

Harvesng algae for biofuels enhances domesc fuel producon while migang CO2.


Using a modular system of Light Dependent phase of Photosynthesis in a low cost PBR with indigenous material

and a Photosynthesis light Independent phase vessel to increase its eciency.

Highlights:

Developed a medium called Chandigarh Medium for mass culture of a selected strain of Microalgae.

Website: hp://www.beckons.org/


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