Oil India Ltd, the nation’s second-largest state-owned oil explorer, is setting up a plant to manufacture green hydrogen at its Jorhat oilfield in Assam. To strengthen its bouquet of clean energy offerings, the company has initiated action for setting up a 100 kW green hydrogen plant at its Pump station-3 in Jorhat. The pilot plant will generate green hydrogen using AEM technology, it said without giving details. This is a first of its kind project in the country.
Hydrogen being the cleanest form of energy is the latest focus area across the globe to satiate the rising energy needs. Green hydrogen is derived from water electrolysis using renewable energy like solar or wind. Biomass-based hydrogen production technologies also qualify under the green category. The government proposed the National Hydrogen Mission in the Union Budget 2021-22, initiating a hydrogen roadmap for the country. The mission was announced in August this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.