India’s First Port-Based E-Methanol Plant at Kandla: Deendayal Port Authority’s ₹2,300 Crore Project
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has laid the foundation stone for the first port-based e-methanol production facility in India at the Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) in Kandla, Gujarat.
The project is being developed as a Joint Venture between the DPA and the Assam-based Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd (APCL) with a total investment of ₹2,300 crore. The facility is designed to produce 150 tonnes of e-methanol per day to support maritime decarbonisation and establish India as a global green energy exporter.