Metsol AB of Sweden in the hydrogen pilot projects pnwh2.com , says MNRE
The Government has sanctioned three pilot projects for use of Hydrogen in steel production as part of the Rs.19,744 crore National Green Hydrogen Mission, launched on 4 Jan 2023, up to FY 2029-30 https://mnre.gov.in/.
These pilot projects can demonstrate safe and secure operations of green hydrogen-based steel making processes, validating technical feasibility and performance, evaluating their economic viability thereby leading to low-carbon iron and steel production bseindia .
Accordingly, the proposals were invited for three components (i) Pilot project to produce DRI using 100% Hydrogen using vertical shaft, (ii) Use of Hydrogen in Blast Furnace to reduce coal and coke consumption and (iii) Injection of Hydrogen in vertical shaft based DRI making unit nseindia .
The objectives of the scheme were to identify advance technologies for utilizing green hydrogen in steelmaking, through pilot projects sbi.com.in .
Based on the evaluations of the proposals received, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sanctioned total three pilot projects in the steel sector, (a) Matrix Gas and Renewables Ltd (Consortium members: Gensol Engineering Ltd, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Metsol AB, Sweden) with pilot plant capacity 50 ton-per-day (TPD), (b) Simplex Castings Ltd (Consortium member: BSBK Pvt Ltd, Eight Investment, IIT Bhilai) with pilot plant capacity 40 TPD and (c) Steel Authority of India Ltd (Ranchi) with plant capacity 3,200 TPD hydrogencouncil .
The total financial support made available will be Rs.347 crore from the Government. These pilot projects are likely to be commissioned in next 3 years, paving way to the scaleup of such technologies in India www.iea.org/ .
The National Green Hydrogen Mission was launched on 4 Jan 2023 with an outlay of Rs.19,744 crores up to FY 2029-30. It will contribute to India’s goal to become Aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) through clean energy and serve as an inspiration for the global Clean Energy Transition conexpoconagg .
The Mission will lead to significant decarbonization of the economy, reduced dependence on fossil fuel imports, and enable India to assume technology and market leadership in Green Hydrogen climatebonds . Fiinews.com
