Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has released the list of winners for tranche 2 (Envelope-2 opening) of the electrolyser manufacturing auction, having a total capacity of 1,500 MW.
The projects will be developed under the strategic interventions for green hydrogen transition scheme. A total of thirteen companies have won under three different buckets. The largest category is bucket 1 with 1,100 MW of electrolyser manufacturing capacity based on any stack technology. In this bucket, Waaree Energies secured 300 MW, followed by Matrix Gas and Renewables at 237 MW, and Advait Infratech at 200 MW. The remaining winners in this bucket were Ohmium Operations with 137 MW, GH2 Solar with 105 MW, Newage Green Electro with 71.5 MW, and Avaada Electrolyser with 49.5 MW. In bucket 2B (based on indigenously developed stack technology-smaller units), the maximum capacity awarded was 100 MW. Of this, Adani Enterprises, Eastern Electrolyser, and Newtrace, were awarded 30 MW each, while Suryaashish KA1 Solar Park was awarded 10 MW. Meanwhile, Adani Enterprises was awarded 71.5 MW, with Newage Green Electro bagging 228.5 MW in bucket 2A (electrolyser manufacturing capacity based on indigenously developed stack technology). The total capacity for this bucket was 300 MW.