Amara Raja Infra sets up India's first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh
Last Updated: Nov 25, 2024, 04:46:00 PM IST
Amara Raja Infra completed India's first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh, built for NTPC Ltd. The station, inaugurated on Sunday, produces 80kg of green hydrogen daily and will power five hydrogen fuel cell buses, promoting emission-free transport in the challenging high-altitude terrain. This project marks a significant step in India's National Hydrogen Energy Mission.
Amara Raja Infra on Monday said it has completed construction of India's first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh, Ladakh, for NTPC Ltd . Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the facility on Sunday, the company said.
The fuelling station project with a capacity of producing GH2 of 80kg per day was completed in two years, at extreme conditions at a height of 3,400 meters above sea level with temperatures varying between -25°Celsius to 30°Celsius, the company said.
The landmark project will enable emission-free transport in and around Leh - making India among the few countries to take the lead in the green mobility space, Amara Raja Infra said in a statement, adding with the completion of the project, NTPC will now operationalise five hydrogen fuel cell buses in the region, it said.
"The completion of this challenging project has reaffirmed our EPC expertise , and we are very excited that we were the first player to enter the green hydrogen infrastructure space," said Dwarakanadha Reddy, Business Head (Power EPC) at Amara Raja Infra Pvt Ltd. The project would serve as a precursor to large-scale green hydrogen mobility and storage projects that would come up In India as part of the National Hydrogen Energy Mission . Further, it will be useful for studying and deploying multiple hydrogen fuelling stations across the country, Amara Raja Infra said.
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