India will soon have the world’s largest Green Hydrogen Microgrid project. The project will be set up at Simhadri, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This would also be India’s first Green Hydrogen-based Energy Storage Project and has been awarded to State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation Limited.
About the Project
NTPC has been awarded the project of “Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid with hydrogen production using electrolyser in NTPC guest house at Simhadri (near Visakhapatnam)”. It would be a precursor to large-scale hydrogen energy storage projects. The project is in line with India’s vision to become carbon neutral by 2070 and make Ladakh a carbon-neutral territory.
The hydrogen would be produced using the advanced 240 kW Solid Oxide Electrolyser by taking input power from the nearby Floating Solar project. Earlier, NTPC had commissioned the development of India’s biggest floating solar plant in Telangana’s Ramagundam.
The hydrogen produced during the day will then be stored at high pressure and would be electrified using a 50 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. It will be working in a standalone mode from 5 pm to 7 am in morning.
Benefits of the project
Clean energy development is an important weapon against climate change and limiting its devastating effects. The project will be useful for further studying and deploying multiple microgrids in various off-grid and strategic locations of the country. Another advantage of the in-house project designed by NTPC, is that it will open prospects for decarbonizing (removing or reducing the amount of gaseous carbon compounds released in the environment) the far-off regions of the country such as Ladakh, J&K, etc., which are dependent on diesel generators.
Speaking of Ladakh, the power giant, NTPC REL, a 100% subsidiary of NTPC, had signed an MoU with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up the country’s first green Hydrogen Mobility project in the region in July 2021.
About NTPC
NTPC has a 67,907-MW installed capacity comprising 47 NTPC stations and 26 joint ..and 26 joint venture stations. It has been pushing towards green energy and green hydrogen projects to reduce carbon footprints. It has recently revised its target of achieving 60GW renewables capacity by 2032.
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