Indian Chemical News (ICN), India's No. 1 portal covering Chemical, Petrochemical, and Energy, is organising a Session on Unlocking Final Investment Decision: Bridging the Gap from Policy Support to Bankable Projects during day-long Coal Gasification Conference on August 21, 2026 at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. 

The theme of the conference is “Coal Gasification: Scaling Technology for High-Ash Indian Coal”.

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Coal gasification in India faces complex technical and financial hurdles that require strategic consortiums, risk-sharing models, and a pragmatic look at high-ash domestic coal constraints. Key areas include balancing massive capital outlays against import-substitution rewards, mitigating technology-feedstock risks, and leveraging government incentives for rapid execution. 

The Indian government has established the National Coal Gasification Mission, aiming to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030. This goal was recently bolstered by a massive Rs. 37,500 crore financial incentive scheme for surface coal and lignite gasification projects. India needs coal gasification technology to reduce heavy import dependence on key chemicals and cleaner fuels, utilize massive domestic coal reserves, and transition toward lower-emission industrial processes. 

The primary objective of Coal Gasification Summit is to address the unique technicalities of gasifying Indian high-ash content coal (typically ranging from 25 - 45% ash) and exploring technology variants designed by Indian and overseas players. The Summit aims to map out how converting India’s massive, high-ash domestic coal reserves into Syngas which can help in making downstream value added products like Synthetic Natural Gas, Urea, Ammonium Nitrate, Methanol, DME, and Chemicals thereby helping India to be self-reliant.  

Speakers are: Padam Shri Prof. G. D. Yadav, Former Vice Chancellor, ICT Mumbai; Rupinder Brar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India; Amrit Lal Meena, Former Coal Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India; Balasaheb Darade, Founder, New Era Cleantech; Vivek Bhatia, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, TKIL Industries Pvt. Ltd.; and Pravin Prashant, Executive Editor, Indian Chemical News. 

The Summit aims to discuss navigating the guidelines, eligibility criteria, and application processes for the government's latest financial outlays, project financing, risks, and strategies to successfully draw the projected Rs. 2.5–3 lakh crore investments required to meet national targets.  

Points to be discussed are: Redesigning Policy Support; Residual Risks despite Central Financial Incentives; Enhancing Project Bankability & Financing Structure; Resolving Revenue and off-take Disconnect; Secure Anchor Buyers; Insulate against Import Dumping; and Refine Build-Own-Operate (BOO) Framework. 

Unlocking Final Investment Decisions (FID) for coal gasification requires shifting from flat subsidies to risk-mitigation frameworks that guarantee feedstock pricing, bridging the technology-risk gap, and secure long-term off-take agreements. Coal gasification converts coal into Syngas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen) to produce Chemicals, Power, or Clean Fuels. Despite strong policy support globally, projects rarely reach FID due to high upfront Capital costs (Capex), volatile feedstock pricing, technical reliability concerns, and evolving carbon regulations.