{"id":3686,"date":"2017-04-01T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2017-04-01T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T15:11:15","slug":"ih2-waste-fuel-technology-will-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/04\/01\/ih2-waste-fuel-technology-will-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;IH2 waste-to-fuel technology will be game changer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IH2 technology, which converts solid waste to hydrocarbons, will be a &#8220;game changer&#8221; that could help India become a net exporter of energy, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nPradhan made the remarks at the inauguration of US oil major Shell&#8217;s Technology Centre here.<\/p>\n<p>The centre intends to develop IH2 technology which will aid the transition to a low-carbon and more energy-efficient future.<\/p>\n<p>Pradhan said this technology would be particularly beneficial for Indian farmers because it could be applied to agricultural waste.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The IH2 can create a new economy in the world,&#8221; the Petroleum Minister said, citing the example of the effect of the US &#8220;shale revolution&#8221; on the global oil and gas market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shale technology has changed the geopolitics of the world. It has led the US to become a net exporter of energy,&#8221; Pradhan said.<\/p>\n<p>Lauding the launch of the Shell Technology Centre here, he said: &#8220;Wherever I have visited in the world, I have found the footprint of Bengaluru. I am thankful to the Karnataka government and the state&#8217;s Industries Minister R.V. Deshpande.&#8221;\u2014IANS<\/p>\n<p>Image: Alamy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IH2 technology, which converts solid waste to hydrocarbons, will be a &#8220;game changer&#8221; that could help India become a net exporter of energy, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3688,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions\/3688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}