Andhra CM inaugurates Rs 1,000-crore green hydrogen plant in Tirupati

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu virtually inaugurated Hero Future Energies' (HFE) Rs 1,000-crore green hydrogen plant at Rockman Industries in Tirupati. 

The HFE plant blends green hydrogen with Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG) for industrial heating.

"Today, I inaugurated a first-of-its-kind green hydrogen plant in Tirupati. Launched by HFE and Rockman Industries, this pioneering project blends Green Hydrogen with LPG/PNG for industrial applications, marking a significant breakthrough in industrial decarbonization," said Naidu in a post on 'X'.

Equipped with a 300 kW PEM electrolyser, the plant is powered by a 1.1 MWp rooftop solar plant, which can blend green hydrogen up to 10 per cent in LPG and three per cent in PNG.

Employing 2,000 people, the HFE plant's annual green hydrogen output of 25 TPA can also be expanded up to 54 TPA, said an official release.

As far as environmental impact is concerned, it is expected to reduce 206 TPA of Carbon Dioxide emissions and release up to 195 TPA of oxygen into the atmosphere.