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LOW-CARBON COLLABORATION

BPCL, Sembcorp form Joint Venture to explore

renewable energy and green hydrogen projects

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
(BPCL) and Sembcorp Green Hydro-
gen India Pvt. Ltd. (SGHIPL), a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Singapore-based
energy major, Sembcorp Industries
have entered into a joint venture (jv)
agreement to explore renewable energy
and green hydrogen projects across
India.

The jv will also consider projects in
green ammonia production & bunker-
ing, emissions reduction for port ope- development of innovation-led, best-in- Mr. Vipul Tuli, President & CEO,
rations and other emerging green fuel class renewable energy and green hy- Renewables, West, and CEO, Hydrogen
technologies. The potential projects drogen solutions for supporting India’s Business, Sembcorp, said, “We look for-
will leverage Sembcorp’s renewables ambitious climate goals and our own ward to identifying opportunities to help
experience and BPCL’s expertise in the aspiration to achieve net-zero emis- decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors”.
petroleum sector and infrastructure. sions by 2040 in Scope 1 and 2.
Sembcorp is pursuing the use of
Speaking on the partnership, Mr. G. We are committed to building a ro- green hydrogen and ammonia as key
Krishnakumar, Chairman & Managing bust renewable energy portfolio, with decarbonisation pathways. With 6GW
Director, BPCL, said, “We will lever- a target of 10-GW, to meet the energy of renewables assets in India, Sembcorp
age our combined aspirations, expertise needs of tomorrow and become a net is well-positioned to enable large-scale,
and resources, to jointly explore the zero energy company by 2040.” low-cost green hydrogen production.

LEVERAGING SYNERGIES
BGR Tech and Chemie Tech join hands for green

hydrogen & ammonia projects

BGR Tech, a Chennai-based oil &
gas process equipment manufactur-
ing and green hydrogen technology
fi rm, has signed a Heads of Agreement
(HOA) with Chemie-Tech DMCC
(CTDMCC), a UAE-based EPC contractor,
to collaborate on multi-megawatt LSTK
(Lump Sum Turnkey) green hydrogen &
ammonia projects worldwide.

The collaboration seeks to leverage
BGR Tech’s engineering capabilities and
Chemie Tech’s expertise in large-scale The HOA was signed by Mr. M. K. tor, CTDMCC and Ms. Priyadershini
project development and execution. Saiyed, Chairman & Managing Direc- Raghupathy, Managing Director, BGR

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