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Ports being urged to set up green hydrogen bunkering

facilities

The government’s initiative to lowed; where port authorities will have “prominent responses” from 13 pro-
establish green hydrogen hubs at key ownership of the land, while there will spective developers against global
Indian ports has garnered positive be common infrastructure developed EoIs, Mr. Sonowal said adding that
attention, leading to signifi cant anticipa- by private companies. The hydrogen more than 7-million tonnes per annum
ted investments at V.O. Chidambaranar storage, production and sale modalities (mtpa) of green ammonia production
Port in Tamil Nadu and Deendayal Port will be taken care of by private players. capacity has been offered across inter-
in Kandla, Gujarat. ested parties.
The V.O. Chidambaranar Port
During a mid-term review conduc- Authority in Tuticorin, has earmarked “The offered development will
ted by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, 500 acres of land for setting up a green cater to the domestic and international
and Waterways recently, associated hydrogen hub. It has also signed an MoU demand of 1.4-mtpa of green hydrogen,”
infrastructure projects within the mini- with NGEL (a subsidiary of NTPC) for the Minister said. Other ports – like
stry’s jurisdiction were evaluated. installation of green hydrogen or deri- Kolkata, JNPT, Vizag – have also been
Minister for Ports, Shipping, and Water- vative production facility. A proposal asked to carry out studies and set up
ways, Mr. Sarbananda Sonowal, stated for grant for developing the common required infrastructure. By 2047, all
in a press briefi ng that initiatives such infrastructure to support the green major ports run by the Ministry could
as the development of green ports, hydrogen projects has been submitted have green hydrogen bunkering facilities.
green shipping, and green parks were to the Ministry of New & Renewable
discussed. Energy (MNRE), Mr. Sonowal said. Hydrogen, is liquefi ed at a cryo-
genic temperature of -253°C, making
So far, the Ministry has identifi ed In V.O. Chidambarnar Port, around it dense enough to be stored and trans-
three ports to set up the green hydro- 224 acres of land have already been ported as liquid hydrogen since its gase-
gen bunkers – for storage, handling and leased to ACME Cleantech Solutions ous volume is reduced by 800 times
generations – and these include Paradip to generate green hydrogen and green during liquifi cation. Typically, to set up
Port (Odisha), Deendayal Port and V.O. ammonia. Apart from Tuticorin port, a one million tonne per annum green
Chidambaranar Port. Across the three Kandla port is setting up green hydro- hydrogen plant, the land requirement is
ports, a landlord model will be fol- gen storage facilities. It has received around 300 acres.

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