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Inox Air Products commissions green hydrogen

plant for Asahi India at Chittorgarh

Industrial gases fi rm, Inox Air Pro-
ducts (INOXAP), has announced the
commissioning of its fi rst green hydro-
gen manufacturing plant at Asahi India
Glass’ (as known as AIS) greenfi eld
fl oat glass facility at Soniyana in
Chittorgarh (Rajasthan).

INOXAP will supply the green
hydrogen to AIS under a 20-year offtake
agreement. INOXAP is be responsible
for the design, engineering, installation
and operations of the plant.

The INOXAP plant, powered by
solar energy, will have a capacity to gene-
rate up to 190 tonnes of green hydrogen India’s march towards net-zero by to sustainability has got stronger. With
per annum through the electrolysis pro- 2070.” In the fi rst phase, 95-tpa green an objective of fulfi lling 94% of our
cess. Commenting on the development, hydrogen will be supplied to AIS. As power requirements through green and
Mr. Siddharth Jain, Managing Director, part of the agreement, AIS has invested sustainable energy sources at our Soniyana
INOXAP stated, “Our fi rst green hy- in the solar power plant, which is sup- facility, we will continue to invest and
drogen plant, is also India’s fi rst ever plying renewable energy for the gene- build our capabilities on sustainability,
green hydrogen plant for the fl oat glass ration of green hydrogen, which would circularity, and de-carbonisation. Our
sector. It is heartening to share that our be further consumed in AIS’s fl oat glass investments towards generating electri-
Green Hydrogen supplies would sub- manufacturing process. city from fl ue gases before releasing
stantially reduce CO emissions at this through chimney is a step in the same
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facility to the tune of 1,250-mtpa. We Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rupinder direction.” AIS’ Chittorgarh project
look forward to strengthen our green Shelly, COO-Architectural Glass, Asahi will supply high-quality fl oat glass for
hydrogen supplies to more sectors and India Glass Ltd. said, “With the commis- automotive and architectural purposes
businesses which are looking to bring sioning of INOXAP’s green hydrogen with technology collaboration from its
down emissions and contribute towards plant at our facility, our commitment partners-AGC Europe.

Asian Paints revises capex for new VAE-VAM plant

at Dahej

Asian Paints said it has approved “It is now informed that the Board The facility, being developed by
an additional capital expenditure of of Directors at its meeting held on Asian Paints (Polymers) Pvt. Ltd.
Rs. 690-crore for its upcoming manu- 27th March 2025, approved an addi- (APPPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary,
facturing facility in Dahej, Gujarat for tional capex cost of Rs. 690-crores on will manufacture VAE and VAM, and
making vinyl acetate ethylene emul- account of pre-operative expenses and include an ethylene storage and hand-
sion (VAE) and vinyl acetate monomer certain escalations in project costs. ling unit. The project will be funded
(VAM). This raises the total project The aggregate project cost now stands through a mix of equity infusion by
cost to Rs. 3,250-crore, up from the at Rs. 3,250-crore,” the company Asian Paints and external debt fi nanc-
initially estimated Rs. 2,560-crore. informed in stock exchange filing. ing.

140 Chemical Weekly April 8, 2025

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