New Delhi: Government today said it was
carrying out research and development for using hydrogen as an
alternative fuel for running transport and other power
generation applications.
"We are implementing a broad-based research,
development and demonstration programme on hydrogen
production, its storage and utilisation as an alternative fuel
for transport and centralised power generation applications,"
New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said in a
written reply in Lok Sabha.
He said the R and D programme was being done by
various agencies such as the laboratories of the Central
Scientific and Industrial Research institute and other public
and private sector organisations.
Replying to another query, Abdullah said his Ministry
was promoting projects on energy recovery from urban and
industrial wastes, including garbage.
"The cost of power generation from these wastes is
about Rs 2.50 to Rs 4 per unit of electricity... These costs
are competitive with the cost of power generated from
conventional sources," he said.
The minister informed that 36 projects with aggregate
capacity of 83.13 MW power from urban and industrial wastes
have so far been set up in the country.
PTI
