Mumbai, March 10 -- The company will establish a centre of clean coal energy & net zero (CLEANZ) at Hyderabad. Both the entities will synergize their efforts in developing cutting edge technology readiness level (TRL) for sustainable utilization of Indian coal. This is in line with the country's net zero commitments.

The current collaborative model is an research & development (R&D) endeavour under the umbrella of National Centre for Coal and Energy Research (NaCCER). This is an independent R&D unit of CMPDI, the mine development and consultancy arm of CIL.

The CIL management has green flagged a grant of Rs 98 crore to IITH for a duration of five years for setting up centre of excellence. It is anticipated that the project will be finan...