NTPC has awarded the project of ‘Standalone fuel cell-based micro-grid with hydrogen production using electrolyser’ at NTPC Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh.
This will be India’s first green hydrogen based energy storage project and one of world’s largest. It would be a precursor to large scale hydrogen energy storage projects and would be useful for studying and deploying multiple microgrids in various off-grid and strategic locations of the country, a release from NTPC said.
How it works
The hydrogen would be produced using the advanced 240kW solid oxide electrolyser by taking input power from the nearby floating Solar project. The hydrogen produced during sunshine hours would be stored at high pressure and would be electrified using a 50kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. The system would work in a standalone mode from 5 pm to 7 pm.
In-house design
This unique project configuration is designed in-house by NTPC. This unique project for India would open doors for decarbonising the far-off regions of the country like Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir that depend on diesel generators.
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NTPC Overview
NTPC’s present installed capacity is 67,907 mw (including 13,425 mw through JVs/subsidiaries) comprising of 47 NTPC stations (23 coal-based, 7 gas-based, 1 hydropower, 1 small hydropower, 14 solar PV and 1 wind-based) and 26 joint venture stations (9 coal-based, 4 gas-based, 8 hydropower, 1 small hydropower, 2 wind and 2 solar PV).
Featured photograph shows NTPC’s floating solar PV project at Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh
