The company said the results show at a 75% load that it is possible to run the diesel generator with a maximum of 60% natural gas and 40% diesel, but with Hythane/diesel fuel, the percentage of diesel required could be reduced to 22.75%.

The results also showed, based on current prices for diesel and natural gas in India, the fuel cost for operating the generator dual fuel mixture of diesel. Hythane is reduced from 10.97 rupees per kilowatt hour for pure diesel application to 6.5 rupees per kilowatt hour.

Eden said the preliminary results are extremely encouraging and exceed expectations.

With the substantial savings in the cost of producing electricity, sales of the Hythane dual fuel systems should increase rapidly as natural gas becomes more widely available over the next few years, the company added.

Eden has been developing the 400kW Cummins diesel generator to enable it to run on a combination of diesel fuel and either natural gas or Hythane.

The company expects the development work on duel fuel generators to be completed within the next month or two.

Trials for the Hythane dual fuel kit on a diesel powered generator will be undertaken after the completion of the first five Indian manufactured HyRadix hydrogen reformers, expected to start in October.

HyRadix reformers are manufactured by HyRadix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eden.