The establishment of a green hydrogen plant in Sri Lanka, where billionaire Gautam Adani's group is already building a container terminal and a 500 MW wind project, was one of his proposals. Ranil Wickremesinghe, the president of Sri Lanka, was in town when Adani met him to talk about the new business and continuing projects.
In a tweet, he wrote, "Great Honour to have met H.E. President Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss a fascinating set of projects in Sri Lanka, including continued development of Colombo Port West Container Terminal, 500 MW wind project, and extending our renewal energy expertise to produce green Hydrogen." At Colombo Port, a significant transshipment hub in South Asia, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) is building a $700 million container port.
Just 176 nautical miles from the port of Colombo, in the state of Kerala, the Adani group is also building the Vizhinjam seaport project. Adani Green Energy, a subsidiary of the company, is constructing two wind farms totaling 286 MW in Mannar and 234 MW in Pooneryn at a cost of USD 500 million. By December 2024, the projects are expected to be finished.
The billionaire mentioned a new idea but did not provide any details: green hydrogen. Since green hydrogen is created by using renewable energy to split water, it is thought to be cleaner than other types of hydrogen. When hydrogen burns, water vapour is released. By 2030, Adani New Industries Ltd. (ANIL) hopes to manufacture one million tonnes of environmentally friendly hydrogen.
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