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      Indian Oil plans for a clean future with 50 hydrogen-CNG buses in Delhi

      Tech |Engine & Powertrain

      HCNG will be used to run 50 buses as part of a pilot project for six months from the Rajghat 1 depot of Delhi Transport Corporation.

      1204 views | Date: September 16, 2020

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      New Delhi- Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi will deploy 50 buses powered by a blend of hydrogen and CNG (HCNG) & the fleet could start rolling as soon as this year in New Delhi. Also plans to work on developing fuel cells.

                  HCNG will be used to run 50 buses as part of a pilot project for six months from the Rajghat 1 depot of Delhi Transport Corporation. A 4-tonne HCNG production plant has been set up at the Rajghat-1 bus depot.

      Also, to apprise that The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has released a notification towards inclusion under Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, on 28th Sep 2020 to allow the use of H-CNG (18% mix of hydrogen) in CNG engines. The Ministry has been notifying various alternate fuels under Clean Fuels for transportation. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has also developed specifications (IS 17314:2019) of Hydrogen enriched Compressed Natural Gas (H-CNG) for automotive purposes, as a fuel.

      The draft rules been notified in the month of July for the feedback from the stake holders. Now it is enforced in CMVR which will lead CV manufacturers to work and propose it to State Transport Unions rather than EV’s.

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