AN MOU was signed on September 27 between NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of India’s leading integrated power producer NTPC Limited, and Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, for development of Green Hydrogen Hub at Kolkata. The MoU was signed by Bimal Gopalachari, AGM of NTPC Green Energy Limited and Amit Kumar Kar, CME of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in the presence of Mohit Bhargava, CEO of NGEL and other senior officials of NTPC and SMPK.

 

NTPC is India’s largest power utility having a total installed capacity of 73+ GW. Its wholly owned subsidiary NTPC Green Energy Limited is taking up renewable energy (RE) capacity addition including projects of green hydrogen and energy storage. NTPC Group aims for 60 GW of RE capacity by the year 2032, with 3.2 GW of installed and over 20 GW in pipeline.