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Pradeep Kumar

14/07/21 09:25 AM IST

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NTPC signed MoU with UT of Ladakh and LAHDC to set up country’s first Green Hydrogen Mobility.

Highlights
  • The MoU will enable NTPC to help Ladakh develop a carbon free economy based on renewable sources and green hydrogen.
  • NTPC has planned to ply 5 hydrogen buses, to start with, in the region and the company will be setting up a solar plant and a green hydrogen generation unit in Leh towards this end.
  • This will put Leh as the first city in the country to implement a green hydrogen based mobility project.
  • This would be zero emission mobility in true sense.
  • NTPC has been aggressively pushing for greening its portfolio and green hydrogen project is another step towards achieving low carbon footprint.
  • NTPC has also been promoting usage of green hydrogen based solutions in sectors like mobility, energy, chemical, fertilizer, steel etc.
  • NTPC has recently revised its target of achieving 60GW renewables capacity by 2032, almost doubling the earlier target. Recently, NTPC has commissioned India’s largest floating solar project of 10MW at Vishakhapatnam.
Source: PIB

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