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GREEN HYDROGEN
India H2 Alliance expands membership

The India H2 Alliance (IH2A), an and State Governments to help develop fi cant step forward and is a mark of
industry coalition of global and Indian the hydrogen economy in India. investor interest in building the green
companies committed to the creation of hydrogen economy in India. Green
a hydrogen value-chain and economy The expanded membership an- hydrogen offtake price support will be
in India, has announced that it has nouncement follows submission of the very important for building economi-
expanded its membership with seven $5-bn National Green Hydrogen Hub cally viable green hydrogen projects
new industry members. Economic Viability and Development in India. We expect the Government of
Plan, and the $50-bn Hydrogen Equip- India will provide greater policy and
The new members are Torrent Power, ment and Exports Report, submitted by incentive clarity to green hydrogen
Synergen Projects, Godawari Power IH2A, to the Government of India. IH2A investors so that they can take project
and Ispat, Technip Energies, HSBC is currently working with State Govern- investment and domestic manufactur-
Bank, Bureau Veritas and Newtrace. ments to help develop large commer- ing decisions.”
cial-scale green hydrogen projects, in
The 22-member strong India Hydro- partnership with the private sector. The new members will join Chart
gen Alliance, with 14 industry members Industries, Reliance Industries Ltd.
and nine partner organisations, repre- Ms. Jillian Evanko, President and (RIL), JSW Group, Hero Future
sents key players operating across the CEO, Chart Industries and Founding Energies and bp in the IH2A Steering
hydrogen value chain, technical agen- Member, IH2A, said, “We welcome Group, which is supported by the IH2A
cies and global investors, who work the eight new members to the India Secretariat, run by consulting fi rm, FTI
closely with the Government of India Hydrogen Alliance. This marks a signi- Consulting.

COLLABORATION
CSIR-IICT & GITAM sign research pact

The Gandhi Institute of Techno- realms of science and technology. both institutions have committed to
logy and Management (GITAM), The MoU, officially exchanged by facilitating faculty exchanges, con-
based in Vishakapatnam, has formally GITAM’s registrar, Mr. D. Guna- ducting joint research projects, and
joined hands with the Council of sekharan, and CSIR-IICT’s analyti- organising skill development initia-
Scientific and Industrial Research cal chair scientist, Dr. B. Jagadeesh, tives such as workshops and training
(CSIR)-Indian Institute of Chemical in the presence of Vice-Chancellor, sessions.
Technology (IICT), at Hyderabad. Mr. Dayananda Siddavattam, paves
the way for collaborative efforts The collaboration will also fea-
The collaboration was solidified in various scientific fields, includ- ture invited lectures on shared inter-
through the signing of a Memoran- ing pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, ests, project proposals for funding,
dum of Understanding (MoU) aimed chemical engineering, and medical and opportunities for student intern-
at fostering collaboration in the research. Under this partnership, ships and research exposure.

HYDROGEN VALUE CHAIN
BHEL in technology development deal with CMTI

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. an autonomous institute under the In a regulatory fi ling on December
(BHEL), a PSU under the Ministry of administrative control of MHI, for colla- 14, BHEL said the collaboration with
Heavy Industries (MHI), has signed an boration on technology development in CMTI will focus on predictive main-
agreement with the Central Manufac- hydrogen value chain and IIoT (Indus- tenance of machines and manufactur-
turing Technology Institute (CMTI), trial Internet of Things) solutions. ing processes.

140 Chemical Weekly December 26, 2023

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