IIT Madras pilots geothermal power project using abandoned oil and gas wells

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is piloting a task to make energy from abandoned lipid and state wells done geothermal energy.

The aviator task is coming up astatine an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (OMGC) tract successful Ankleshwar adjacent Surat, Gujarat. Funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to the tune of ₹15.5 crore, the task aims to nutrient up to 450 kW of continuous powerfulness implicit a play of 2 years. The inaugural is led by Rajesh Nair, Faculty Coordinator, IIT Madras Green Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons Tech Consortium, Department of Ocean Engineering.