Author: PPD Team Date: 20/02/2025
GAIL (India) and Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions division of Cummins, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on clean energy and energy transition technologies in India. The partnership was formalized during India Energy Week 2025 in New Delhi.
The collaboration aims to integrate Accelera’s expertise in new energy solutions with GAIL’s natural gas infrastructure to explore green energy opportunities, including hydrogen production, blending, transportation, and storage. This initiative supports GAIL’s updated “net zero” target, now set for 2035—five years earlier than its previous goal. Cummins Inc.’s portfolio includes advanced powertrains, electric and hybrid systems, batteries, fuel cells, and hydrogen production technologies, which are crucial for India’s energy transition.
GAIL has been a leader in clean energy development. In April 2024, it commissioned a 10 MW green hydrogen unit at its Vijaipur plant in Madhya Pradesh, using an electrolyzer supplied by Accelera. It also operates a five-tonne-per-day compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Ranchi and plans to establish 26 more such plants across India over the next three to four years.
In partnership with Leafiniti Bioenergy, GAIL is setting up 10 CBG plants. It is also collaborating with Coal India for synthetic natural gas production in West Bengal and has entered a joint venture to develop a first-generation, 500-kilolitre-per-day grain-based ethanol plant in Rajasthan.