Union Minister Lal flags off NTPC’s Green Hydrogen buses at Leh

 

 

 

 Staff Reporter

 

RAIPUR,

 

Union Minister of Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal on Saturday flagged-off the fleet of green hydrogen buses of NTPC at Leh in the presence of senior officials of Ministry of Power, Leh Administration and NTPC. After the flag-off, Union Minister traveled 12 km in one of the H2 buses from the H2 filling station to the Leh airport. The Union Minister congratulated NTPC for its unique contribution to the energy security and de-carbonisation efforts of the country through adoption of hydrogen technologies at various fronts.

 

The Green Hydrogen Mobility Project at Leh comprises in-situ 1.7 MW solar plant, Green hydrogen filling station of capacity 80 kg/day and 5 hydrogen intra-city buses. Each bus can cover 300 km per single filling of hydrogen of 25 kg. This is also the world’s highest altitude (3650m MSL) Green Hydrogen Mobility Project that is designed to operate in low density air, sub-zero temperature and can fill hydrogen at 350 bar pressure.

 

The station shall mitigate the carbon emissions of around 350 MT/year and contribute 230 MT/year of pure oxygen into the atmosphere which is equal to planting of approximate 13,000 trees. NTPC Limited, India’s largest integrated power utility under the Ministry of Power, has been a crusader in making efforts to meet the Prime Minister’s vision of achieving Net Zero Target by 2070. It is setting up more hydrogen mobility projects across India in addition to deployment of various green hydrogen technologies, rapidly scaling up of RE capacity.