With its theme – “Driving Sustainable Mobility through Alternative Fuels,” the summit attracted about 120 delegates, including key leaders, experts and government officials, together to discuss and devise a plan for the future of mobility in India.
Guest of Honour, H E Mr Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega, Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil, New Delhi spoke on Brazil-India collaborations and sustainable fuel initiatives. He expressed: “Cooperation on bioenergy and biofuels has become one of the pillars of our bilateral relations with India. Both countries are opening new frontiers for sustainable fuels such as hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), ethanol blending, scaling up of biodiesel and biogas plants.”
Mr Rajnath Ram, Adviser, NITI Aayog enlightened: “The real challenge before us is not just the climate goals but addressing the energy trilemma, which first relates to ensuring energy security as India is importing about 87% of its crude requirement. Second, making energy affordable to everyone. Third, how to make this process sustainable.”
Developing cleaner fuels is the most talked-about fact, but ensuring energy efficiency could have more impact, as it reduces the consumption of fuel. Sharing such an initiative, Dr Alok Sharma, Director – Research & Development, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd informed: “The newly developed catalyst, for isomerisation, operates at 135-150 degrees, about 60 degrees lower than the conventional catalyst that operated around 200 degrees. In refineries, initiatives like heat integration, steam reduction, using various catalysts or the use of differentiated fuels could prove to be a great solution to save energy.”
Underlining the potential of CBGs, Dr Harender Singh Bisht, Director, CSIR-Institute of Petroleum, shared: “India has 300 million tonnes of agro-bio waste, making India rich in terms of feedstock for energy production. The challenge is that the waste is scattered across the country. Establishing a link to regulate the supply of agro-bio waste to produce energy could do wonders.”
Mr MK Biswas, Executive Director - Risk Management & Total Quality Management, GAIL India Ltd., in his keynote address, spoke on “The Challenges, Risks & Plausible Mitigation Actions in the alternate fuels ecosystem.” He said: “Risks should be treated as a culture and should be incorporated as a strategy of any organisation. The challenge is to recognise which risks could differentially impact business outcomes and transform them to efficiently manage these risks. Having a risk management framework helps in faster mitigation.”
Mr Ashim Sharma, Senior Partner & Group Head - Business Performance Improvement Consulting, Nomura Research Institute, spoke about the scope of biofuels. He pointed out: “With huge bio-LNG potential, the value chain, especially the midstream and the downstream segments, face considerable challenges hampering growth in the sector. The bio-diesel sector remains in the nascent stage despite policy support. It battles through factors like attracting investment, improved feedstock collection systems and enhanced supply chain efficiency to achieve the target.”
Ms Ekta Agrawal, Deputy Director- Aircraft Engineering, DGCA, shed light on the current status of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) ecosystem and initiatives taken by the DGCA. She disclosed: “SAFs are one of the most certified and standardised fuels. Here, the feedstocks and carbon intensity are defined and cannot be deviated. DGCA, on receiving standards, started collaborating with various ministries that led to the formation of India’s first SAF certification body under Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) in India.”
A delegate in the summit, Mr Bhashit Dholakia, Chief Operating Officer, Indian Oil-Adani Gas Pvt Ltd shared: “The leaders from the industry converge at this platform. I am a regular attendee of this summit. The Sustainable Mobility and Fuels Summit is a very important event which is going to continue and be discussed for years to come. I wish all the best to the organisers.”
Another delegate, Mr Parankush Dagar, Hydrogen Cell-DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, opined: “The experience has been fantastic. The whole arrangement of event organisation, panel discussions, speakers, logistics and ease of reaching the venue has been spot on. Thank you for organising this wonderful event and my best wishes to Messe Frankfurt.”
The summit was graced by esteemed dignitaries from leading organisations, including Indian Oil Corporation, GAIL, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Gujarat Gas Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra, Deloitte, Railway Board, Bosh Mobility, Konve Gas Sweden AB, Volvo Trucks, CSIR, Nomura Research Institute, NITI Aayog, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Netzero Energy Transition Association, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Automotive Research Association of India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Centre on Sustainable Mobility, Bureau of Indian Standards and National Institute of Technology.
The Summit had three exhibitors: S-Lok, OPW Retail Fueling and Ambetronics Engineers Pvt Ltd.
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