John Cockerill will supply 28 units of 5 MW alkaline electrolyzers for use in the development of a green ammonia plant in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
The Union Cabinet has approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an initial outlay of INR 19,744 crore ($2,385 million). The Mission aims to make India a global hub for the production, utilization and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
The $50 million electrolyzer factory is expected to start production in 2023. It will produce all four types of commercially available electrolyzers.
The Melbourne-based electrolyzer specialist has signed a technology development and licensing agreement with Adani New Industries Ltd.
The Delhi-based renewable project consultant will invest $50 million in the Gujarat facility to manufacture anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers for green hydrogen generation. The project has received $1 million from Real Time Accelerator Fund as an angel investor in Greenzo.
India’s GR Promoter Group has entered the green hydrogen market in a joint venture with Spanish hydrogen technology solutions provider H2B2. The JV will manufacture water-based electrolyzers and develop green hydrogen production plants based on off-taker agreements.
Longi is entering the green hydrogen market in India with its alkaline electrolyzer offerings. It will also roll a next-generation Hi-MO solar module later this year, which, it says, will outshine all the prevailing panel technologies.
Renewables developer Amp Energy India will deploy Ohmium’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers for mid-scale commercial and industrial projects with an individual capacity of 25 MW or smaller.
Jakson Green will expand its solar module manufacturing capacity to 2 GW, with backward integration into cells, by the end of 2024, CEO and Managing Director Bikesh Ogra told pv magazine on Day 1 of Renewable Energy India Expo 2022. He said the company also has aggressive plans for green hydrogen and ammonia, with a specific focus on distributed generation.
India will have six hydrogen electrolyzer gigafactories operational by 2025, aggregating to a combined annual capacity of over 8 GW.