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TABLE 4.3 ALTERNATIVE FUELS LANDSCAPE FOR INDIA

Investment
Fuel Description Remarks
Required

Compressed natural gas Investment required
contains methane which is an Technology used for 3 Wheelers, for more dispensing
CNG
environmentally friendly fuel Passenger cars, LCVs and HCVs stations and
lowering CO and HC emissions pipelines
Liquefied petroleum gas Investment required
contains propane and butane Technology used for 3 Wheelers, for more dispensing
LPG
which lower CO and HC Passenger cars stations and
emissions pipelines

Blend of hydrogen and natural Investment required
HCNG gas used as a trial fuel and not Technology proposed for HCVs for blending and
commercially introduced dispensing stations

Liquefied natural gas improves Investment required
carrying capacity of the vehicle for dispensing
LNG Technology proposed for HCVs
and is not yet commercially stations, vaporizers
introduced and pipelines
Biogas also contains methane Investment required
which is an environmentally for fuel upgradation,
Biogas Proposed for LCV and HCV vehicles
friendly fuel lowering CO and and dispensing
HC emissions stations
Alcohol which is blended with Investment required
gasoline as a 5 % blend and for dispensing
Ethanol Used for some passenger cars and SUVs
is proposed to be increased to stations and
10% blending

Investment required
Esterified Vegetable oil which
Biodiesel can be used as a blend with Used for SUVs and HCVs for production,
dispensing stations
diesel
and blending
Artificial fuels derived from
Synthetic natural fuels using Fischer Technology proposed for passenger cars Technology needs to
Fuels be imported
Tropsch process

Investment required
Freedom fuel which is Technology proposed for Passenger cars,
Hydrogen for production and
currently under trial. and HCVs
dispensing stations

Methanol & DME can be utilised either in
Methanol & DME are potential pure form or blended with conventional Investment required
Methanol and long-term substitutes of oil fuels in SI and CI engines. It also acts as for production,
DME blending and
and natural gas. energy carrier & as feedstock for natural dispensing stations.
gas/methane, biodiesel, etc.

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