Indian ports gain 20 EoIs for green hydrogen

India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has gained over 20 EoIs (Eloquence of Hobby) from companies focused on taking part in inexperienced hydrogen technology, garage, bunkering and refuelling tasks being advanced throughout 3 of its primary ports, Kandla, Tuticorin and Paradeep.

Of those, greater than 15 are focused on Kandla’s Deendayal Port, the place just about 26,000 acres of land is predicted to be earmarked for inexperienced hydrogen tasks.

Around the 3 ports, a landlord fashion can be adopted; the place port government can have possession of the land, whilst there can be not unusual infrastructure advanced by way of personal corporations. The hydrogen garage, manufacturing and sale modalities can be sorted by way of personal gamers. Over ₹700 crore funding is predicted in Kandla in opposition to this inexperienced hydrogen park.

In step with the authentic, in Thoothukudi (now known as VO Chidambarnar Port), round 224 acres of land have already been leased to ACME Cleantech Answers to generate inexperienced hydrogen and inexperienced ammonia. Investments are anticipated to be over ₹52,000 crore.

Any other 10 acres were leased to ReNew Energy, additionally at VO Chidambarnar, the authentic stated. Those two have been a few of the 20-odd corporations taking part  within the EoIs reportedly floated by way of the port.

A inexperienced hydrogen technology plant will require putting in renewable energy choices like sun or wind energy . Normally, it (inexperienced hydrogen) is produced by way of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen atoms via electrolysis. The method of electrolysis is performed via the usage of renewable energy.

The Ports Ministry has already set a closing date of 2030 to arrange inexperienced hydrogen bunkering and refuelling amenities throughout those 3 primary ports. The authentic stated the long-term plan is to have such amenities throughout all 12 primary ports by way of 2035.