Shimla, April 25 -- India took a major step towards promoting green hydrogen technology with the inauguration of the country's first multi-purpose green hydrogen pilot project at the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS) in Jhakri, Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
The project, inaugurated by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Chairman and Managing Director Geeta Kapur, consists of a 20Nm3/hr electrolyser and 25kW fuel cell capacity.
It is a combined heat and power plant that can generate green hydrogen while also catering to the high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) coating facility at NJHPS for its combustion fuel requirements.
The pilot project is designed to produce 14 kg of green hydrogen daily during eight hours of operation, u...