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India's only independent, privately-held Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage. Founded on Australian operational expertise, strengthened by European pioneering knowledge, and focused entirely on unlocking India's decarbonisation potential.

Who We Are

India's Independent CCUS Centre of Excellence

Private. Expert. Conflict-free. Committed to India.

National CCUS Mission is India's only fully independent, privately-held Centre of Excellence dedicated exclusively to Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage. Founded by a team with deep operational roots in Australia β€” the world's most advanced CCUS jurisdiction β€” and strengthened by partnerships across Norway, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, we bring the world's best proven practice directly to India's industrial transformation challenge.

We are not a government body, not a vendor, and not a research institution. We are a commercial advisory practice whose only mandate is to help Indian industry, investors, and policymakers make the right decisions about CCUS β€” faster, with greater confidence, and at lower cost than any alternative.

Our independence is our defining asset. We have no equity relationships with technology vendors, no government shareholding, and no conflicts of interest. Every recommendation we make is grounded solely in what is technically sound, financially viable, and strategically optimal for our clients.

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Private & independent β€” zero government or vendor equity

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Pioneer nations β€” Australia, Norway, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark

US$150B

CCUS investment opportunity we are working to unlock for India

2070

India's Net Zero target β€” every year of delay increases the cost

The India Imperative

Why India Needs CCUS β€” and Why It Needs It Now

India is the world's third-largest CO₂ emitter, producing 2.6 billion tonnes annually from an industrial base that cannot be decarbonised by renewables alone. Steel, cement, chemicals, fertilisers, and coal power account for more than 60% of India's emissions β€” and the physics of these processes means that a significant fraction of those emissions are unavoidable without carbon capture. India's Net Zero 2070 pledge, made at COP26, is simply not achievable without large-scale CCUS deployment.

The urgency has been sharpened by the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which imposes carbon costs on Indian steel, cement, chemicals, and aluminium exports to Europe from 2026. Indian exporters that cannot demonstrate credible decarbonisation pathways will face compounding cost disadvantages in their most valuable export markets. CCUS is the only technology that can decarbonise these processes at the pace and scale that CBAM compliance requires.

NITI Aayog's landmark 2022 CCUS report identified a capture potential of 750 million tonnes per annum by 2050, a domestic storage capacity of 395–614 gigatonnes, and an investment requirement of US$100–150 billion. The Government of India has proposed a dedicated Carbon Capture Finance Corporation (CCFC) with Rs. 4,100 per tonne sequestration subsidies. The policy architecture is taking shape β€” what India needs now is the implementation expertise to act on it.

  • 2.6 Gt CO₂/year β€” India's current annual emissions, third highest globally after China and the USA
  • 60% from hard-to-abate sectors β€” steel, cement, power, chemicals, fertilisers that renewables cannot fully decarbonise
  • EU CBAM from 2026 β€” carbon border taxes threaten India's export competitiveness in steel, cement, aluminium, chemicals
  • 395–614 Gt storage capacity β€” India has abundant geological storage in saline aquifers, basalts, depleted oil fields, and coal seams
  • Rs. 4,100/t subsidy proposed β€” CCFC mechanism creates the financial foundation for large-scale project development
  • 10 million green jobs β€” CCUS deployment at scale creates direct and indirect employment across India's industrial heartland
  • Net Zero 2070 β€” India's COP26 commitment is legally and diplomatically binding; CCUS is the critical enabling technology
International Expertise

World's Best CCUS Practice β€” Brought to India

Our founding team and advisory network spans the six nations that collectively pioneered the global CCUS industry. We translate decades of hard-won operational knowledge β€” from the North Sea to the Gorgon gas field β€” into India-specific solutions.

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Australia
Gorgon β€” world's largest operational CCUS project. CO₂CRC Otway storage research. Global CCS Institute headquarters. Australia's Offshore Petroleum & GHG Storage Act regulatory model.
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Norway
Sleipner β€” world's first industrial CO₂ storage project (1996). Northern Lights β€” Europe's first open-access CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure. Longship national CCS programme.
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United Kingdom
Net Zero Teesside β€” industrial cluster CCS at scale. HyNet Northwest β€” blue hydrogen and CCS integration. UK's Β£20B industrial decarbonisation fund providing cluster development lessons.
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Netherlands
Porthos CCS β€” Rotterdam port industrial cluster CO₂ capture and offshore storage. ROAD project learnings. Netherlands' SDE++ subsidy mechanism as model for India's CCFC design.
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Germany
Industrial CCUS R&D leadership β€” steel sector (thyssenkrupp Carbon2Business), cement (Heidelberg Materials). Blue Danube pipeline concept. Fraunhofer Institute capture research applied to Indian industrial contexts.
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Denmark
Greensand β€” pioneering offshore CO₂ storage in the North Sea. Denmark's CCUS regulatory framework for offshore storage. Ørsted bioenergy CCS (BECCS) learnings for India's biomass sector.
Funding & Finance

Connecting India to the World's Green Finance Architecture

One of the most critical barriers to CCUS deployment in India is not technology or geology β€” it is the cost of capital and the complexity of structuring bankable projects. Our finance team has deep relationships with every major multilateral and bilateral development finance institution, and an established track record of structuring blended finance solutions that make projects viable at Indian cost levels.

We work with World Bank / IFC, Asian Development Bank, Green Climate Fund, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and European Investment Bank to access concessional capital, viability gap funding, and technical assistance grants. We also maintain active relationships with institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, and private equity houses that are seeking credible CCUS investment opportunities in emerging markets.

Our finance structuring capability spans project finance, green bonds, carbon credit monetisation, CBAM compliance instruments, and equity co-investment β€” giving Indian project developers the full capital stack required to reach financial investment decision.

Explore Finance Services
World Bank / IFC
Climate investment facilities, concessional loans, CCUS technical assistance grants
Asian Dev. Bank
Energy Transition Mechanism, co-financing for low-carbon industrial projects in Asia
Green Climate Fund
Grants and concessional finance for climate mitigation in developing nations
AIIB
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank β€” infrastructure lending for India's CO₂ transport & storage network
European Investment Bank
EIB Climate Action lending programme; EU CCUS technology transfer finance
Private Capital
Institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds & PE houses seeking verified CCUS returns
Our Values

Five Principles That Guide Every Engagement

Independence Above All
We hold no equity in technology vendors, no government shareholding, and no financial interest in any outcome other than our client's success. Our advice is conflict-free by design.
India-First Thinking
Every solution we recommend is calibrated to India's specific coal quality, water availability, grid economics, regulatory environment, and financing landscape β€” not imported wholesale from abroad.
Operational Depth
We draw on teams who have designed, built, and operated CCUS projects at Gorgon, Sleipner, Porthos, and Teesside β€” not consultants who have only studied them from a distance.
Integrated Delivery
Policy to project execution β€” one team, no hand-offs. We cover strategy, feasibility, technology selection, finance structuring, regulatory approvals, and vendor management under one roof.
Accountability to Outcomes
We measure our success by financial investment decisions reached, projects commissioned, and tonnes of CO₂ captured β€” not by reports delivered or hours billed.
Our Leadership Team

Experienced Across Three Continents

CE
Chief Executive Officer
CCUS strategy & policy | 18 years across Australia, India, Europe | former Global CCS Institute adviser
AU / IN
CT
Chief Technology Officer
Capture process engineering | coal gasification | FEED studies | IIT Bombay & University of Melbourne
INDIA
FI
Head of Finance & Investment
DFI project finance | IFC, ADB, GCF deal structuring | green bond issuance | carbon market monetisation
AU / IN
PR
Head of Policy & Regulatory
MoEFCC | NITI Aayog background | carbon markets | India CCUS regulatory framework design
INDIA
AD
Australian Advisory Director
CO₂CRC | Gorgon operations | Global CCS Institute | Australia's leading CCUS regulatory expert
AUSTRALIA

Ready to Work With India's Leading CCUS Practice?

Whether you are a government body seeking policy advice, an industrial company facing CBAM exposure, or an investor seeking CCUS project opportunities β€” our team is ready to engage.