SJVN Limited has inaugurated India’s first multi-purpose (combined heat and power) green hydrogen pilot project at SJVN’s 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri hydro power station (NJHPS) in Jhakri, Himachal Pradesh.
The green hydrogen produced from the project will be utilised for high velocity oxygen fuel coating facility of NJHPS for meeting its combustion fuel requirements. In addition, it will also generate electricity through its fuel cell of 25 kW capacity. The state-of-the-art green hydrogen pilot project is set to produce 14 kgs of green hydrogen daily during 8 hours of operation. The project will produce hydrogen using alkaline electrolyser of 20 Nm3 per hour capacity, which would be powered by renewable energy supplied from 1.31 MW solar power plant of SJVN in Wadhal, Shimla.