NTPC has signed an MoU with GRIDCO, a government of Odisha undertaking for energy and Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), at Lok Sewa Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.
This tripartite MoU intends furthering the green energy technologies in Odisha, especially green hydrogen mobility scheme.
The MoU was exchanged among DMR Panda, CGM (RE), NTPC; Trilochan Panda, MD, GRIDCO; and Dr N Thirumala Naik, IAS, MD, CRUT in the presence of Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, deputy CM, Dr Krushna Chandra Mohapatra, Housing & Urban Development Minister, Govt of Odisha.
VK Dev, IAS, Principal Secretary of Energy, Usha Padhee, IAS, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and other senior officials from NTPC, GRIDCO, CRUT were present on this occasion.
NTPC will set up a green hydrogen fuelling station in Bhubaneswar along with hydrogen buses for short-haul and long-haul operation. This will open an option of phasing out fossil fuel buses in favour clean and green fuels, bringing decarbonisation and energy security. MNRE has contributed partially for setting up of this project in Bhubaneswar.
NTPC is successfully operating the green hydrogen blending project at Surat, Gujarat for last two years and already taken similar mobility initiatives at Leh, Ladakh, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh and Kandla, Gujarat. NTPC is also developing the green hydrogen hub in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and aims to reach 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032.
