India looking at methanol policy to help reduce fossil fuel imports

In India, the transportation minister has called for a study into China’s methanol vehicle standards in an effort to look at potential in the country for a major shift for both road and water transport. Methanol production could possible be produced domestically from high ash coal with a 5,000 ton per day facility potentially online by 2023 instead of continuing to import from Saudi Arabia and Iran. The technology is said to be ready with at least one pilot project ongoing but hasn’t yet been implemented commercially.