30/08/2021
💢 Full Video of proceedings of the "5th GAS Economy 2021" - Virtual Conclave....
Core Theme : GAS for Powering INDIA's GDP.
🎯 Press Release of Outcomes :
REPA ( Renewable Energy Promotion Association) - INDIA's Apex RE Non-Profit body and ENERTIA Foundation organized the "5th GAS Economy 2021" - VIRTUAL GLOBAL Conclave which was held on Friday , 20th AUGUST 2021, Supported by MoPNG ( Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas), Gov of INDIA and Partnered by EVONIK Industries , Germany ( of Patented Membrane Technology for Bio-Methane Separation & Upgradation 98% + Purity ) and a Euro 13 bn Enterprise ; Chemtrols Industries Ltd, ( India) - Leader in Bio-Energy & Bio-Gas ( Bio-Methane) plants & Oil, Gas & Power Utilities Instrumentation ; Bergen Solar ( A Leading Solar Consulting , Manufacturing Line deliverer & Future Hydrogen enterprise) ; IGX - Indian Gas Exchange ; NTPC Ltd & Petronet LNG ; NIT ( National Institute of Technology ) Kurukshetra & NDIM ( New Delhi Institute of Management) were Institutional Partners.
Leading Companies from Natural Gas Sector, RLNG / LNG, Bio CNG / CBG ( Compressed Bio Gas) , Refineries, Fertilizer Sector companies, GAS based Power Generators, Captive Producers, De-Centralized & Distributed Gas based Power companies & technology providers for these varies application including Hydrogen Future & Fuel Cell entities were part of this Global Virtual Conclave Organized by Renewable Energy Promotion Association ( REPA ) & ENERTIA Foundation. ENGAI ( ENERTIA Gas Alliance for INDIA) - ENERTIA Think tank is the institutor of the "GAS ECONOMY Conclave".
🟨 Honourable Secretary, MoPNG ( Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas), Gov of INDIA Shri TARUN KAPOOR was the Presiding Guest of Honour at "5th GAS Economy 2021".... gave Inaugural Address ( Natural Gas as Clean Energy Source + Hydrogen as Future Resource) & Valedictory Address focussed on SATAT ( Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) via CBG ( Compressed Bio Gas) / BioCNG.
💢 The Briefs :
"5th GAS Economy 2021”
(Virtual Conclave) - Via ZOOM Platform...
THEME : GAS for Powering INDIA’s GDP
Friday 20th August 2021 ( 11-00am - 5pm)
🎯 Key Focus for 5th GAS Economy 2021 were as follows :
1. SATAT and its Import Substitution Potential under RE Mobility and Decentralised RE Delivery
2. Natural Gas for Power, Transport and Fertilizer Sectors – The LNG Angle
3. Markets for GAS – Concurrent Theme
4. ‘HYDROGEN’ as a ‘Future Renewable Fuel’
🟦 Backgrounder & Proceedings briefs :
INDIA’s Natural Gas (NG) demand comes via the following Sectors / Segments of the Economy :
1) Fertilizer Production and Manufacturing (Priority Sector)
2) Power Generation – For Gas based Power Plants
3) Transportation Sector – Consumption in the form of CNG and LNG
4) Domestic and Commercial – LPG
INDIA’s annual demand for Natural Gas consumption is expected to increase by 25 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM) in the period of 2020 – 2024 which translates into upwards of 9% p.a. Annual Growth Rate as per the IEA (International Energy Agency). Also, the share of Natural Gas in the Energy basket is expected to increase to 15% by 2030 from the current level of 6%. INDIA is thereof set to emerge as the 2nd Largest driver of Gas demand in Asia (after CHINA) and 5th Largest contributor Globally (after CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA & UNITED STATES).
Demand for Natural Gas in the Domestic market is traditionally dependent on Fertilizer Sector - 28%, Power Generation – 23%, CGD Entities – 16%, Refineries – 12 % and Petrochemical Industries – 8%. Almost 2/3rd of INDIA’s 2020 – 2024 demand expansion is seen to come primarily from substitution of Liquid Fuels to Gas as per IEA. The Government aims to have 10,000 CNG Outlets in the next 5 years from the present 2,500 CNG stations for retail sale.
LNG is imported at market price (predominantly via Spot Markets rather than Long Term Supply Contracts) from Global suppliers that reaches the terminals of Dahej and Hazira in GUJARAT and Kochi in KERALA through direct LNG Cryogenic Storage Carriers / Vessels. Then the terminal Infra needs to further regasify for use as R-LNG. All this is a highly energy intensive logistics for Natural Gas in the LNG mode, a very costly proposition needing billions of Dollars.
INDIA has in the meantime achieved Road Transportation of ferrying imported LNG in trucks for delivering the Gas based economy by promoting use of LNG as a substitute to Diesel.
It is in the above background that the potential for Bio-CNG and compressed Bio-GAS is a major move by the MoPNG (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) via SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) which aims at indigenisation through Large Scale adoption of Bio-CNG (Bio-Compressed Natural Gas) or simply CBG (Compressed Bio Gas) which can be used for Automotive Sector through conversion of Large Quantum of Agro Waste, Municipal Solid Waste and other such Bio-Organic Waste for efficient production of Bio-CNG locally. This is the only way to import substitute in the GAS ECONOMY using Bio-Energy Initiative of Bio CNG or CBG. This needs fast-tracking of SATAT implementation, which can bring wonders through the targeted 5000 Bio CNG Projects, which if achieved, can prove a game-changer.
Natural Gas is available and used in various formats such as Natural Gas (NG), RLNG, LNG, Shale Gas, Gas Hydrates Bio-Gas, etc.
INDIA has roughly 25 GW of Gas based Power Projects in operation and many of these are either operating at below their optimal capacity or sometimes run out of Natural Gas supplies due to prioritisation of the Fertilizer Sector. Now, the competitive pressures of the Transportation Sector to substitute Diesel with Natural Gas puts further challenges to fire our Gas based Power Projects.
Secretary MoPNG also made the Valedictory address at "5th GAS ECONOMY 2021" - Then GAS for Powering INDIA's GDP , organized by REPA ( Renewable Energy Promotion Association) & ENERTIA Foundation on Friday, 20th AUGUST 2021 and Spoke on SATAT( Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation ) for CBG ( Compressed Bio Gas ) Projects , 5000 no's at Investment outlay of a whopping Rs 1,75,000 Crores ( US $ 25 billion) to be completed by 2024-25 .... REPA is working closely with MoPNG on this.... Almost 2275 LOIs have been awarded as on date by MoONG, GoI.... RBI has given PSL status to these Projects & SBI , Bank of Baroda & Canara Bank are presently.the Bankers for Debt Financing thereof... Very big opportunity .....
REPA has made representation to INDIAN BANKS Association ( IBA) to adhere to the RBI PSL direction for SATAT and enable the "Zero Additional Collateral" - With only Project Plant & Machinery being Collateral.... Financing of these projects , Fast track disbursal , that will enable the Agro & Farm Sector by Converting the Waste into a Bio-Resource for delivering Compressed Natural Gas ( CBG) that will become our greatest internal resource and substitute for future imports of natural gas.
All Agro Waste, Wheat Chaff ( Parali), Sugarcane Bagasse, Oil Seeds waste, Rice Husk , Vegetable Waste, Straw etc can be processed to generate Bio-Methane and upgraded to commercial scale CBG for use in Cooking, Automotive and even power generation in De-Centralized mode.
The MoPNG has guaranteed 100% procurement of CBG from these plants that if promoted further ahead to the 5000 nos planned can literally reduce our NG, LNG imports by 50%. Therein lies the Great potential Impact of the SATAT CBG to be our masthead for RE Source for Agro Economy across Transport , heat & power too. together with De-Centralized Solar it offers a fertile combination for Freeing our Rural Economy from Energy Dependence & Alleviate Energy Poverty using Bio-Energy & Solar as Renewable Energy Hybrid.
Future of IC (Internal Combustion) Engines based Transportation across Roads, Rail and even Air could actually see the advent of the HYDROGEN Powered Future, the Energy Source being abundant on the planet. Only handling of Hydrogen and combining it with Renewable Energy is the Hybrid using advanced FUEL CELLs Tech. Hydrogen as a Fuel to power Sea Transportation and also to move Rail has been successfully piloted. It is in this background that in the Future of GAS Economy, Hydrogen will have a major role.
"5th GAS Economy 2021" deliberated on all of the above and more covering Exploration, Production, Markets, Technologies for the Natural Gas Sector, Logistics, etc....Thanks to all those who Supported actively participation to enable the Grand Success of the Forum aimed to strengthen and Further the "GAS Economy Emergence & Consolidation for INDIA" as a Positive Action for Climate Equity ( PACE) - a REPA Sustained pitch & theme.
Leading Dignitaries Who participated from INDIA & Overseas were joined by John Rosebush, Founder, President & CEO , Worldwide Development Corporation ( WDC), USA ; Brad Kempo, Founder & CEO, GCPP ( Global Capital Procurement Partners), CANADA ....both FELICITATED with the Prestigious Honorary REPA - WIRE ( World Institute for Renewable Energy) - GFRE ( Global Fellowship in Renewable Energy) .... together with them till now 13 Select Gobal Experts from INDIA, North America & EU have been awarded this prestigious GFRE. This is REPA's Decade Year ( 10th Year) after it was founded as a Non-Profit exclusive Renewable Energy Think Tank & Policy Leadership organisation Circa 2011 with principle twin Mission & Vision of PACE ( Positive Action for Climate Equity) Global Policy Construct Initiative for Governments & Policy makers + PACT Positive ( Positive Action for Climate Transformation) Global Policy Construct for Tech Innovation , Research & Development, Ground Implementation for RPO ( Renewable Portfolio Obligations ) across PPP ( Public Private Participation/ Partnership).
Other Leading names included Dr Hirdesh Khanna, Independent Consultant Gas & CBG based Decentralized & Distributed Power , Former Director, MTU Onsite Energy , Germany ; Dr Goetz Baumgarten, Director, EVONIK Industries , Germany ; Dr Prakasam Tata, Executive Director, Centre for Waste Transformation Technology , USA ; R N Khazanchi, Hon. Druk Thuksey, Presidential Awardee ( Pravasi Bharatiya ) & Former CMD, PHPA ( Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric Project Authority I & II ), BHUTAN ; K Ravikumar, Former Chairman & Managing Director , BHEL Ltd ; R Vijayarangan, Former Executive Director , ONGC Ltd ; K Nandakumar, Chairman & Managing Director , Chemtrols Industries Ltd ; N Murugesan, Former Director General , CPRI ( Central Power Research Institute, Ministry of Power, Gov of INDIA ;
PVSN Murty, Former Vice President, VOITH Hydro & Former Business Head ALSTOM ( now part of GE) ; Dr S L Patil, Executive Director, Captive Power Producers Association ( CPPA) ; Pravin Pai, Former Head, BG India Services & Former Director, Jackson Ltd ; Rajesh Mediratta, Director & Chief of Business , IGX ( Indian Gas Exchange) ; Prof Dr Rajnish Kaushal, NIT ( National Institute of Technology), Kurukshetra ; Dr Paras Nath Singh , Agharkar Research Institute , Pune etc.
The Day also marked remembrance & FELICITATION for LIFE TIME Contribution of Late SUSHIL CHANDRA TRIPATHI former Secretary, MoPNG ( Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas), Gov of INDIA who we lost to COVID in 19th May 2021. S C Tripathi a distinguished Bureaucrat & Administrator an IAS was the pioneer in supporting the "GAS Economy" concept initiated by ENERTIA Foundation & REPA. He Presided and Chaired over the early "GAS Economy Conclaves" Organized by this Forum.
Dr Goetz Baumgarten , EVONIK was honoured & FELICITATED by the ENERTIA Foundation - REPA Forum for his Lifetime & Yeomen Contribution to Research, Development, Invention & Tech Innovation Leading to SEPURAN GREEN for CBG. While Prof Dr Hirdesh K Khanna was FELICITATED for his pioneering Lifetime work in establishing Gas based Decentralized & Distributed Power in Asia and specially Bovine Waste Based Captive Power through Bio-Methanation in INDIA, South & South East Asia.
Host of Dignitaries & Delegates from Private Sector & Public Sector Enterprises ( PSEs) made the program all together a grand success such as NTPC Ltd ; Petronet LNG Ltd ; H-Energy, Cummins Ltd.; Clarke Energy ( Kohler Co) ; GAIL ( India) Ltd; MRPL ( Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Ltd) ; GIPCL ( Gujarat Industries Power I Ltd); GACL ( Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd.) ; GHCL ( Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd ) : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Paryavaran va Ksheti Vikas Pratishthan ( CSMPVKVP), Kolhapur, MAHARASHTRA and host of other leading Farm Sector organisations ; Fertilizer Cos & Power Generation Utilities and companies of INDIA.
🟪 Prof A G Iyer
President, REPA ( Renewable Energy Promotion Association ) & ENERTIA Foundation ;
Editor -in-Chief & Publisher, Enertia Journal ; Chairman, ENGAI ( ENERTIA GAS Alliance for INDIA) - ENERTIA Think Tank ( ETT) ; Chairman, Architect & Initiator, "GAS ECONOMY" - GAS as DEEMED Renewable and "HYDROGEN FUTURE"
Author - Powering -in-Crisis - A Strategic Direction for INDIA's Energy Security , Energy Sustainability & Power for All by 2022 ( First Release at the Hands of MILES GREENBAUM, then Secretary, US, DoE - Department of Energy & Dr MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA, then Dy Chairman of Planning Commission, GoI , Circa 2005) - Updated Edition 2017. for Bio-Methane Separation & Upgradation ) a Euro 13 bn Enterprise ; Chemtrols Industries Ltd, ( India) - Leader in Bio-Energy & Bio-Gas ( Bio-Methane) plants & Oil, Gas & Power Utilities Instrumentation ; Bergen Solar ( A Leading Solar Consulting , Manufacturing Line deliverer & Future Hydrogen enterprise) ; IGX - Indian Gas Exchange ; NTPC Ltd & Petronet LNG ; NIT ( National Institute of Technology ) Kurukshetra & NDIM ( New Delhi Institute of Management) were Institutional Partners.
"5th GAS Economy 2021" - VIRTUAL GLOBAL Conclave ..... held on Friday , 20th AUGUST 2021, was Supported by MoPNG ( Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas), Gov ...
