Oil India plans green hydrogen hubs in energy-transition bid
₹25,000 crore for the initiative, including our efforts in terms of bioethanol, that is, 2G ethanol, our efforts to reduce gas flaring by creating infrastructure for the evacuation of natural gas, and feeding it to the North-East gas grid and the national gas grid." Rath said the company will participate in plans to establish hydrogen valleys in India. In May, department of science and technology issued guidelines to set up hydrogen valley innovation clusters.
The department of science and technology defines a hydrogen valley as a defined geographical region where hydrogen will be serving multiple sectors and applications, including mobility, industry and energy, typically encompassing all essential aspects of a hydrogen value chain, including production to storage and transport and distribution to various end-users. “So we have collaborated or agreed to partner with IIT Guwahati for a hydrogen valley concept in the North-East, and we have also partnered with IIT Bhubaneswar for a possible hydrogen valley.
The concept is that a research organization will front-end it, and they need collaborations with industry partners. We evinced our interest for collaborations as the industry partner," Rath said.
Numaligarh Refinery has also issued a letter of award for about 2.4 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa). In September, the company unveiled its plans to invest ₹25,000 crore in its energy-transition initiatives, with the goal of establishing a green hydrogen production capacity of approximately 20 ktpa.
The company is also present in the solar and wind energy space, having a portfolio of 14 megawatts (MW) solar power capacity and 174.1MW of wind capacity. Going ahead, the company will add solar capacity of 640MW in Assam and 150MW in
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