Greenko, John Cockerill partner to develop India’s ‘largest’ green hydrogen electrolyser Gigafactory

 

India will receive a boost to its hydrogen prospects with John Cockerill and Greenko partnering to develop India’s “largest” green hydrogen electrolyser Gigafactory, says H2View.com. 

The new Gigafactory will target a capacity of 2GW which will also help to substitute 8% of India LNG imports.

This could greatly enhance the Indian hydrogen economy and provides a means to produce the clean energy carrier from the country’s abundance of renewable energy sources.

Targeting the production of pressurised alkaline technology provided by John Cockerill is well suited to large-scale hydrogen applications and, when coupled with Greenko’s technology, can produce the lowest levelised cost of hydrogen (LCOH).

This could be a crucial for India and its hydrogen ecosystem and will be enable the scaling of the industry with the electrolysers able to deliver hydrogen at 30 bars at the highest purity level.

Anil Chalamalasetty, CEO & Managing Director of Greenko, said, “Greenko is working towards re-industrialisation solutions for a low-carbon economy. We are partnering with a world-class technology partner in John Cockerill and will jointly develop large-scale green molecule projects in India, which will accelerate the creation of a hydrogen economy.

“This partnership will not only help curtail India’s energy imports; it will also facilitate a turnaround to enable energy exports. And it will strengthen India’s green hydrogen ambitions as part of a wider renewable energy program that will see India run the world’s largest energy transition program.”

Raphael Tilot, CEO of John Cockerill Renewables, said, “The fight against climate change is part of our mission, and this partnership with Greenko will enable us to contribute to India’s sub-continent emergence as a new green energy hub

“India and neighbouring countries have abundant natural resources, a large domestic market and the potential to cater to the growth of this market regionally and globally. On the human side, collaboration between Indian and Belgian team have made good progress and we are very confident on the future developments.”