Sunday, April 3, 2022

TUV Nord bags TIDCO contract for examining green hydrogen feasibility in Tamil Nadu

The job of examining the feasibility and the roadmap for green hydrogen in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has gone to the German technical consultancy service producer, TUV Nord. The job is to advise the state on setting up a Tamil Nadu Green Hydrogen Cluster (TNGHC)

The consultancy has won the job answering a January 2022 tender of the Tamil Nadu state government's industrial promotion body, Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation, better known as TIDCO.



The job has to be completed in 90 days, people in the know has told this blog.

The tender document said: "TIDCO is desirous to evaluate and make a strategic decision on investing in the green hydrogen sector for Tamil Nadu. In this context, TIDCO proposes to engage consultants for Preliminary Evaluation Study and Pre-Feasibility Study of Potential Investments into Green Hydrogen Cluster in Tamil Nadu."

The study should comprise of high level investigation on the availability of resources, regulatory aspects, investor potential in TNGHC, indicative financial investments and returns and international benchmarks and trends. The consultants should submit a report and a recommendation on the feasibility of green hydrogen production and the establishment of TNGHC. The consultants should also make a recommendation on TIDCO’s role in the same, the tender document said.

Evaluating the resources required for establishing a successful green hydrogen cluster and the availability and sustainability of the same in South Tamil Nadu. The report will also provide international benchmarks.

Green Energy needs to be supplied to the Tamil Nadu Green Hydrogen Cluster. The consultants will engage with TNEB and its subsidiary entities. The consultants will also engage with independent renewable energy power producers.

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