INOX Air Products (INOXAP), India’s largest manufacturer of industrial, electronic and medical gases, has signed a 20-year on-site industrial gas supply agreement with Premier Energies, one of India’s largest integrated solar cell and module manufacturers.
The agreement involves installation and commissioning of a cryogenic air separation unit (ASU), for supplying 7000 nm3/h of gaseous nitrogen of 5N grade, 250 nm3/h of ultra-high purity gaseous oxygen of 6N grade, along with some additional liquid products to Premier Energies’ solar cell greenfield manufacturing facility at Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh.
The ASU is expected to be commissioned next year.
The new agreement strengthens INOXAP’s four-year association with Premier Energies through successive long-term on-site contracts for industrial gases supplied from INOXAP’s cryogenic plants. INOXAP has already installed 2×750 nm3/h and 1×1000 nm3/h Nitrogen generators at Premier’s Hyderabad facility. INOXAP has also recently initiated supplies of electronic grade gases for Premier’s current 3 GW solar PV cells and future manufacturing of 4 GW Solar PV cells.
“This is India’s first integrated ASU dedicated to the solar cell manufacturing industry, which will be capable of generating both, ultra –high purity gaseous Nitrogen as well as ultra-high purity gaseous Oxygen,” said Siddharth Jain, managing director, INOX Air Products.
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