NTPC arm NGEL has consented to an agreement with the public authority of Andhra Pradesh for the improvement of a coordinated green hydrogen center. NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) and Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) signed a land lease agreement for the project near the Pudimadaka village of Atchutapuram Mandal in the Visakhapatnam district.
"The Pudimadaka Green Hydrogen Hub aims to create a world-class ecosystem for technologies in the new energy paradigm, such as electrolyser and fuel cell manufacturing, related ancillary industries, startup, incubation, testing facilities, production and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives (green ammonia/green methanol etc.)," the statement said.
The project includes construction of India's largest green hydrogen production facility (1200 TPD tonne per day), which will be converted to derivatives of hydrogen such as green ammonia and green methanol, primarily catering to various export markets, as per ET.
NTPC is India's biggest power utility with center business of force age having an all out introduced limit of 74 GW. NTPC Restricted, previously known as National Thermal Power Corporation, is an Indian focal Public Area Undertaking under the responsibility for Ministry of Force and the Government of India, who is taken part in the age of electricity and different exercises. The central command of the PSU are arranged at New Delhi. NTPC's center capability is the age and appropriation of power to State Electricity Boards in India.
NGEL is an entirely possessed auxiliary of NTPC with a functional limit of over 3.4 GW and 26 GW in pipeline, including 7 GW under execution.
