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13/05/22 08:21 AM IST

PEM based Green Hydrogen project

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  • In line with the National Hydrogen Mission, GAIL (India) Limited has awarded a contract to set up one of the largest Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyser in India.
Proton Exchange Membrane
  • The project would be installed at GAIL’s Vijaipur Complex, in Guna District of Madhya Pradesh, and would be based on renewable power.
  • The Project has been designed to produce around 4.3 Metric Tons of Hydrogen per day (approx. 10 MW capacity) with a purity of about 99.999 Volume %.
  • It is scheduled to be commissioned by November 2023.
  • In line with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the project has been awarded to a vendor having domestic value addition of more than 50 per cent.
  • Recently, GAIL had commenced India’s first-of-it’s-kind project of mixing Hydrogen into Natural Gas system.
  • Hydrogen blended Natural Gas is being supplied to one of GAIL’s Joint Venture (JV) company with HPCL- Avantika Gas Limited (AGL), which is a City Gas Distribution (CGD) company operating in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Source-PIB 

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