Tuesday, October 5, 2021

15 GW of electrolyser capacity in 5 years is the aim, says Minister Singh

"I am thinking of something in the range of about 15,000 MW over five years. In fact we want at least 10,000 MW in the next two years or three years because without that we will not be able to start, India's power minister, R K Singh, has told the Indian Express, in an interview. "One green hydrogen plant has been set up (by a private player). That is just about 1 mega watt. That electrolyser had to be imported. For them the cost was I think $350 or $300 per kilowatt," the Minister has said.




In response to a question, he said, "We are going to put up a mandate for blending of PNG and LNG with green hydrogen. You can blend up to 15 per cent without any change in the chemistry of the pipes. For fertilisers, the total grey ammonia which is used is 15 million tonnes, which has to be replaced. What is imported is 2.6 million tonnes. So the total which has to be replaced is 17.6 million tonnes. As far as grey hydrogen is concerned, it comes to 5.2 million tonnes which has to be gradually replaced."

For the full interview, read on....

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