India’s first green hydrogen microgrid project to be set up at NTPC plant near Vizag
NTPC awarded a project of Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid with hydrogen production using electrolyser in NTPC Guest House at Simhadri thermal station near Vizag
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Visakhapatnam, December 16: NTPC has awarded a project of the Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid with hydrogen production using electrolyser in NTPC Guest House at Simhadri thermal station near Visakhapatnam. This is to be India’s first green hydrogen-based energy storage project.
This project can be a precursor to large scale hydrogen-based energy storage projects and would help study, deploy several microgrids in various off-grid and strategic locations of India. The Ministry of Power said, “The hydrogen would be produced using the advanced 240 kW Solid Oxide Electrolyser by taking input power from the nearby Floating Solar project.”
It added, “The hydrogen produced during sunshine hours would be stored at high pressure and would be electrified using a 50 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. The system would work in standalone mode from 5 PM in the evening to 7 AM in the morning.”
This unique project configuration, designed in-house by NTPC, would enable decarbonising regions of India like Ladakh, J&K etc. hitherto dependent on diesel generators. The project aims at enabling India to become carbon neutral by 2070 and making Ladakh a carbon-neutral territory.
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