Our Coal reserve can fuel us for next 350 years

I was bit skeptical when the Coal minister said in an ETNow TV interview that India has sufficient Coal reserve which would meet our energy needs for the next 350.years.

Then , I did a little bit of research and found out that he is right.
As per GSI data which is also available in a wiki India has a coal reserve of 352.13 billion metric tons (proven) as of April 2021 & lignite reserve of 46 billion metric tonnes. pl refer wiki given below and the Minister interview in ETnow.

During 2022-23 , our coal consumption was approx 900 million metric tonnes and during 2023-24, it may be estimated at 1000 million metric tonnes approx, which is 1 billion metric tonnes.

So the minister is right. He further said that we cannot just ignore our resources and allow it to become mud.

Then what about petrol / diesel /crude oil reserve of the world…well, the crude reserve is going to last for only 47 years more. Pl refer link of “world meter” below. 47 years . .most of us will definitely survive to see the change – no diesel …no petrol m.

So the way forward is to use coal sustainably, create an ecosystem so that we can Gasify Coal, use CCUS and get whatever we want …Grey hydrogen, Blue hydrogen , urea , DAP, methanol , ethanol…

A lot of work is happening on gasification of coal with carbon capture. A lot of start ups are coming up.
IIT’s are getting involved.
UK & India have signed a collaboration to research and co-operate with each other in this area.
BHEL, Thermax are already at the top of it and others like ABB, Siemens , L&T , Reliance are likely to join.

So, We would be the export hub for Renewable like Solar Wind , hydro after converting in to Green hydrogen , ammonia and Gasify Coal with CCUS to (1) fuel our power plants (2) use Blue hydrogen from coal for converting into urea , DAP in fertiliser plants (3) methanol, ethanol from coal for fueling automobiles (4) blue hydrogen as feed stock to Oil refineries.

So, Coal is here to stay …we cannot write off…coal will give us everything we need for our energy needs in a sustainable manner.

IC engines are not going to die so soon… piston connecting rod crankshaft are going to be there …so all auto companies and ancillaries with respect to IC engines will not die so soon.
even after petrol diesel is over, Along with EV , IC engines will coexist to run on renewables like ethanol, methanol, Bio diesel , CBG, LBG , Hydrogen green and blue.

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