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In an article on EPC World, Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy writes – As one of the fastest growing economies in the G20 grouping of large nations, India will need to adopt a host of measures and strategies in order to sustain its growth plans while ensuring that its commitment towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 does not get compromised.

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Talking to Business Standard, Atanu Mukherjee (CEO – Dastur Energy) says that the Indian government is in advanced stages of formulating a policy framework for carbon capture. He says, “There are all indications that it is moving forward, in terms of some kind of a policy instrument to support CCUS,”

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In a recently published article in Outlook Business, Atanu Mukherjee (CEO Dastur Energy) discusses India’s vital role in the international climate action landscape and in global climate financing – an area of focus at the recently concluded COP28 UAE. Atanu Mukherjee (CEO Dastur Energy) discusses Dastur Energy’s approach.

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Dastur Energy featured in the November issue of Boss Magazine – As the world seeks to develop and deploy solutions to transition into a cleaner future, this article offers insights on how Dastur Energy has been delivering impact by enabling the clean energy transition journey. Atanu Mukherjee (CEO Dastur Energy) discusses Dastur Energy’s approach.

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In a recent interview with Business Standard, Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy, highlighted the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technology in decarbonising existing industrial units. As we work towards a more sustainable future, CCUS offers the best solution for reducing carbon emissions in industrial processes.

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Giga Ton Scale Carbon Capture Management is the need of the hour for Enabling the Low Carbon Industry in India, and we need to do it fast” – Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy, tells in his plenary address at the SHARP DST IIT Bombay Workshop organized by IIT Bombay, Funded and Supported by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

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Dastur Energy recently published a report titled “Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology Gaps and International Collaboration” as part of India’s ongoing G20 presidency. The report analyses the technology gaps and presents solutions for the large-scale and cost-effective implementation of CCUS, a key enabler for a ‘Net-Zero’ future.

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Ajay Phatak, has joined Dastur Energy as a Strategic Technical Adviser. Ajay is an expert in the area Sustainability, Energy Transition and Carbon accounting. Ajay is also deeply interested in ecological economics and sustainability, and the impact of businesses and the current economic and energy policies on the environment and sustainability.

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Dastur Energy participated in the G20 International Seminar on CCUS, organized by the Ministry of Power, Government of India and NTPC Ltd. in Bengaluru. Atanu Mukherjee, CEO made a presentation on the Technology Gaps and Challenges associated with CCUS. A report authored by Dastur Energy, titled “CCUS Technology Gaps and International Energy” was also unveiled during the conference.

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“As the clock keeps ticking on the burning issue of climate change, a robust CCUS policy framework makes not only climate sense but also economic sense.” – Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, and Saurav Chatterjee, Consulting Leader, Dastur Energy

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India now has a clear cut policy framework, a road map to decarbonise by half carbon dioxide emission from the hard-to-abate sectors by 2050. NITI Aayog has come up with its policy framework: “Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India”. The report was jointly prepared by NITI Aayog and MN Dastur & Company and after series of parleys and suggestions and feedback from the Union Ministry of Power, Union Ministry of Coal, Union Ministry of Environment, Union Ministry of Steel, Department of Science and Technology, NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, GAIL, BHEL, IOC, Dastur, Tata Steel and other stakeholders.

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Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy presents and discusses the recently launched NITI Aayog funded report, “CCUS Policy Framework and Deployment Mechanism in India” at the Clean Energy Ministerial’s CCUS Initiative Webinar held on December 15, 2022.

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Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), the technology for decarbonising carbon dioxide (CO2) from high polluting sectors such as steel, cement, oil, gas, petrochemicals, chemicals and fertilisers, has a critical role to play for the country to halve CO2 emissions by 2050, says a report on the policy framework of the CCUS prepared by the Niti Aayog and MN Dastur & Company. The report, released here on Tuesday by Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Suman K. Bery, also said the CCUS technology would help in promoting the low carbon-hydrogen economy and in removal of the CO2 stock from the atmosphere.

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Icelandic environmental technology company Carbon Recycling International (CRI) and Dastur Energy Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of US based Dastur Energy and a part of the Dastur group of companies, have signed an important partnership agreement for marketing, business development, technology licensing, design and engineering of CO2 to Methanol projects based on CRI’s ETL technology in India.

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Speaking exclusively to Bizz Buzz, Atanu Mukherjee, president & CEO, Dastur group of companies, and chairman of AmCham-East, explains how India should make best use of the situation and emerge as the global manufacturing hub over the next 15 years or so.

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Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks at CERAWeek 2022 about Building Commercial-scale Carbon Capture Systems for Deep Decarbonization of the Industry. Economically viable and effective decarbonization of the industry requires a broad based and holistic approach to large scale carbon capture applied across the manufacturing value chain. It needs to optimize and integrate feedstocks, production, technology, scale, economics, and policy. Dastur Energy presents a systems approach to deep decarbonization for hard to decarbonize sectors like steel, cement, hydrogen, and petrochemicals.

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Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks about “Decarbonization of Steel Industry in India” at the webinar on “Air Pollution Control and Decarbonization Needs and Opportunities in the Indian Steel Industry” organized by Department of Commerce, United States of America held on 2nd March 2022.

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Abhijit Sarkar, VP, Dastur Energy moderates a panel on “India’s Energy Grid of the Future: How Solid Fuels, Gasification, Carbon Capture, and Distribution Hubs will form the Building Blocks of the Net Zero Energy Landscape in India” at the Minerals Mining and Metals e-Conclave 2021 held on December 9, 2021 organized by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I)

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Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks at the First European Forum on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Forum (CCUS). Atanu’s keynote speech explores the role of blue hydrogen in industrial transformation and how it can help achieve decarbonization.

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Dastur’s Saikat Chatterjee shares technical insights into Coal Gasification based DRI and Clean Ecosystem at “Webinar on Green DRI – Fuel & Feed” held on September 23, 2021

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Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks at the 2021 Baker Annual Energy Summit, Houston, TX held on September 29-30, 2021. He along with other energy experts explore current issues affecting global energy markets, oil and gas, electricity, renewables and the environment.

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Dastur Energy CEO Atanu Mukherjee writes an opinion piece on Hydrogen Economy for ET Energy World, where he talks about blue and green hydrogen; and the opportunities India has to leapfrog the hydrogen trajectory and create a hydrogen ecosystem in the country.

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FICCI conducted a webinar to discuss the innovations in steel technology and ways to increase productivity and technology quotient. Dastur Energy’s Saikat Chatterjee was one of the panelists who spoke on “Utilization of Integrated Steel Plant Waste Gases for DRI Production and Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage.”

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Engineering consulting firm Dastur and its affiliate Dastur Energy have laid out a vision for multiple gasification clusters in India. These include production of hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, direct-reduced steel (using coal-derived syngas), and power (roughly 1.5 GW of syngas or hydrogen-based capacity per cluster).

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Dastur and its affiliate Dastur Energy is looking to facilitate the setting up of large-scale coal gasification clusters in India to produce emission-free clean energy from high ash coal which can be utilised by the downstream industries.

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Contrary to the claims of popular science we will not magically transform ourselves into the world of carbon-free renewables, however, well-intentioned our efforts are…

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India is keen to collaborate with the US department of energy to source technology for coal gasification to tap into the country’s large reserves, improve its fuel efficiency and reduce dependence on imports.

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Dastur Innovation Labs, an arm of Dastur and its affiliate Dastur Energy, has tied up with the US Department of Energy’s is National Carbon Capture Center on development of carbon capture technologies for steel, power and other carbon intense industries specifically for the Indian market. The plan is also to make India the hub of research in the field for countries in Asia and Europe.

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Despite falling costs, solar and wind cannot replace coal in supplying baseload power. Hence, focusing on clean coal is crucial.

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Dastur Energy recently published a report titled “Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology Gaps and International Collaboration” as part of India’s ongoing G20 presidency. The report analyses the technology gaps and presents solutions for the large-scale and cost-effective implementation of CCUS, a key enabler for a ‘Net-Zero’ future.

Publications

Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy presents and discusses the recently launched NITI Aayog funded report, “CCUS Policy Framework and Deployment Mechanism in India” at the Clean Energy Ministerial’s CCUS Initiative Webinar held on December 15, 2022.

Publications

Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks about “Decarbonization of Steel Industry in India” at the webinar on “Air Pollution Control and Decarbonization Needs and Opportunities in the Indian Steel Industry” organized by Department of Commerce, United States of America held on 2nd March 2022.

Publications

Abhijit Sarkar, VP, Dastur Energy moderates a panel on “India’s Energy Grid of the Future: How Solid Fuels, Gasification, Carbon Capture, and Distribution Hubs will form the Building Blocks of the Net Zero Energy Landscape in India” at the Minerals Mining and Metals e-Conclave 2021 held on December 9, 2021 organized by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I)

Publications

Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks at the First European Forum on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Forum (CCUS). Atanu’s keynote speech explores the role of blue hydrogen in industrial transformation and how it can help achieve decarbonization.

Publications

Dastur’s Saikat Chatterjee shares technical insights into Coal Gasification based DRI and Clean Ecosystem at “Webinar on Green DRI – Fuel & Feed” held on September 23, 2021

Publications

Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks at the 2021 Baker Annual Energy Summit, Houston, TX held on September 29-30, 2021. He along with other energy experts explore current issues affecting global energy markets, oil and gas, electricity, renewables and the environment.

Publications

FICCI conducted a webinar to discuss the innovations in steel technology and ways to increase productivity and technology quotient. Dastur Energy’s Saikat Chatterjee was one of the panelists who spoke on “Utilization of Integrated Steel Plant Waste Gases for DRI Production and Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage.”

Publications

Engineering consulting firm Dastur and its affiliate Dastur Energy have laid out a vision for multiple gasification clusters in India. These include production of hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, direct-reduced steel (using coal-derived syngas), and power (roughly 1.5 GW of syngas or hydrogen-based capacity per cluster).

Press & Media

In an article on EPC World, Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy writes – As one of the fastest growing economies in the G20 grouping of large nations, India will need to adopt a host of measures and strategies in order to sustain its growth plans while ensuring that its commitment towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 does not get compromised.

Press & Media

Talking to Business Standard, Atanu Mukherjee (CEO – Dastur Energy) says that the Indian government is in advanced stages of formulating a policy framework for carbon capture. He says, “There are all indications that it is moving forward, in terms of some kind of a policy instrument to support CCUS,”

Press & Media

In a recently published article in Outlook Business, Atanu Mukherjee (CEO Dastur Energy) discusses India’s vital role in the international climate action landscape and in global climate financing – an area of focus at the recently concluded COP28 UAE. Atanu Mukherjee (CEO Dastur Energy) discusses Dastur Energy’s approach.

Press & Media

Dastur Energy featured in the November issue of Boss Magazine – As the world seeks to develop and deploy solutions to transition into a cleaner future, this article offers insights on how Dastur Energy has been delivering impact by enabling the clean energy transition journey. Atanu Mukherjee (CEO Dastur Energy) discusses Dastur Energy’s approach.

Press & Media

In a recent interview with Business Standard, Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy, highlighted the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technology in decarbonising existing industrial units. As we work towards a more sustainable future, CCUS offers the best solution for reducing carbon emissions in industrial processes.

Press & Media

Giga Ton Scale Carbon Capture Management is the need of the hour for Enabling the Low Carbon Industry in India, and we need to do it fast” – Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy, tells in his plenary address at the SHARP DST IIT Bombay Workshop organized by IIT Bombay, Funded and Supported by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

Press & Media

Ajay Phatak, has joined Dastur Energy as a Strategic Technical Adviser. Ajay is an expert in the area Sustainability, Energy Transition and Carbon accounting. Ajay is also deeply interested in ecological economics and sustainability, and the impact of businesses and the current economic and energy policies on the environment and sustainability.

Press & Media

Dastur Energy participated in the G20 International Seminar on CCUS, organized by the Ministry of Power, Government of India and NTPC Ltd. in Bengaluru. Atanu Mukherjee, CEO made a presentation on the Technology Gaps and Challenges associated with CCUS. A report authored by Dastur Energy, titled “CCUS Technology Gaps and International Energy” was also unveiled during the conference.

Press & Media

“As the clock keeps ticking on the burning issue of climate change, a robust CCUS policy framework makes not only climate sense but also economic sense.” – Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, and Saurav Chatterjee, Consulting Leader, Dastur Energy

Press & Media

India now has a clear cut policy framework, a road map to decarbonise by half carbon dioxide emission from the hard-to-abate sectors by 2050. NITI Aayog has come up with its policy framework: “Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India”. The report was jointly prepared by NITI Aayog and MN Dastur & Company and after series of parleys and suggestions and feedback from the Union Ministry of Power, Union Ministry of Coal, Union Ministry of Environment, Union Ministry of Steel, Department of Science and Technology, NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, GAIL, BHEL, IOC, Dastur, Tata Steel and other stakeholders.

Press & Media

Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), the technology for decarbonising carbon dioxide (CO2) from high polluting sectors such as steel, cement, oil, gas, petrochemicals, chemicals and fertilisers, has a critical role to play for the country to halve CO2 emissions by 2050, says a report on the policy framework of the CCUS prepared by the Niti Aayog and MN Dastur & Company. The report, released here on Tuesday by Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Suman K. Bery, also said the CCUS technology would help in promoting the low carbon-hydrogen economy and in removal of the CO2 stock from the atmosphere.

Press & Media

Icelandic environmental technology company Carbon Recycling International (CRI) and Dastur Energy Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of US based Dastur Energy and a part of the Dastur group of companies, have signed an important partnership agreement for marketing, business development, technology licensing, design and engineering of CO2 to Methanol projects based on CRI’s ETL technology in India.

Press & Media

Speaking exclusively to Bizz Buzz, Atanu Mukherjee, president & CEO, Dastur group of companies, and chairman of AmCham-East, explains how India should make best use of the situation and emerge as the global manufacturing hub over the next 15 years or so.

Press & Media

Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy talks at CERAWeek 2022 about Building Commercial-scale Carbon Capture Systems for Deep Decarbonization of the Industry. Economically viable and effective decarbonization of the industry requires a broad based and holistic approach to large scale carbon capture applied across the manufacturing value chain. It needs to optimize and integrate feedstocks, production, technology, scale, economics, and policy. Dastur Energy presents a systems approach to deep decarbonization for hard to decarbonize sectors like steel, cement, hydrogen, and petrochemicals.

Press & Media

Dastur Energy CEO Atanu Mukherjee writes an opinion piece on Hydrogen Economy for ET Energy World, where he talks about blue and green hydrogen; and the opportunities India has to leapfrog the hydrogen trajectory and create a hydrogen ecosystem in the country.

Press & Media

Dastur and its affiliate Dastur Energy is looking to facilitate the setting up of large-scale coal gasification clusters in India to produce emission-free clean energy from high ash coal which can be utilised by the downstream industries.

Press & Media

Contrary to the claims of popular science we will not magically transform ourselves into the world of carbon-free renewables, however, well-intentioned our efforts are…

Press & Media

India is keen to collaborate with the US department of energy to source technology for coal gasification to tap into the country’s large reserves, improve its fuel efficiency and reduce dependence on imports.

Press & Media

Dastur Innovation Labs, an arm of Dastur and its affiliate Dastur Energy, has tied up with the US Department of Energy’s is National Carbon Capture Center on development of carbon capture technologies for steel, power and other carbon intense industries specifically for the Indian market. The plan is also to make India the hub of research in the field for countries in Asia and Europe.

Press & Media

Despite falling costs, solar and wind cannot replace coal in supplying baseload power. Hence, focusing on clean coal is crucial.