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Leading Hydrogen Innovator Horizon Fuel Cell has taken the first steps towards electrolyser assembly in India to serve the growing market for green hydrogen

SINGAPORE, September 10, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Horizon Fuel Cell electrolyser subsidiary HET Hydrogen Pte Ltd is working with long-term Horizon distribution partner on the new JV, Indify Fuel Cell Private Ltd, which aims to establish assembly facilities capable of turning out GW quantities of electrolysers in two stages, with the startup phase able to assemble at least 100MW per year, expected to be operational early 2026.

Green hydrogen is being prioritized under the Government of India’s “Green Hydrogen Mission”, which foresees and incentivises massive uptake of sustainable hydrogen in search of cleaner industry, decarbonised transportation and new export opportunities. HET expects to play a key role as India seeks to take a global lead in the adoption of hydrogen in several sectors.

HET has commercialised MW-scale Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolysers and is preparing to launch MW-scale AEM electrolysers based on proprietary membrane and stack technology that is shaping up to change the game on electrolysers, with target capital costs around the level of traditional alkaline systems and operating costs substantially lower than current state-of-the-art PEM systems.

HET has identified several potential manufacturing locations and will confirm the preferred location in the coming months. With several facilities in operation, the Horizon Group is well versed in the capital-efficient construction of world-class production capabilities in fuel cell and electrolyser technologies.

Indify expects to have their first 1MW HET electrolyser operational in India around March 2025, ready for customer demonstration and local performance and technical validation. Indify will progressively increase the Indian content in future systems with an explicit goal of delivering the lowest possible levelised cost of green hydrogen for projects large and small. All while responding to the Make In India priorities of the Government of India.

In recent months several initiatives have been undertaken with the aim of kick-starting both hydrogen production and several key applications for hydrogen. Green steel, fertilizer and chemicals, along with sustainable fuels and zero emission heavy transport, are all envisaged to leverage some of the world’s lowest cost green hydrogen in the future decarbonised economy of India.

Stefani Sun
Horizon Fuel Cell
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Quarter of world’s green hydrogen projects in Australia, 20% in progress, energy minister says

SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (Reuters) –

Energy Minister Chris Bowen on Tuesday at the Singapore International Energy Week conference, said:

A quarter of the world’s green hydrogen projects are in Australia, around 20% of which are underway,

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“We continue to realise the full potential of our current technology at the same time as we develop future technologies to help our customers drive down the cost of green hydrogen. This grant will make it significantly easier for us to bring our new innovative pressurised alkaline technology to market,” said Nel’s President and CEO, Håkon Volldal.

Nel has been developing its next-generation pressurised alkaline technology for more than five years. The technology is currently in the prototype stage with promising results. Nel has now been awarded a grant for a phased build-out of production at Herøya, Norway. The grant application was supported by Enova SF, the Norwegian national contact point for the EU Innovation Fund.

“Building on nearly 100 years of electrolyser innovation, we have developed this new, differentiated technology that will be a step-change in cost and performance for renewable hydrogen. Bringing a new technology to market always entails risk, and we are thankful for the support we have previously received from the Research Council of Norway and Innovation Norway. With this substantially larger grant from the EU Innovation Fund, we will be able to bring the innovation to market at an accelerated pace,” Volldal said.

The initial build-out is planned for an annual capacity of 1-2 GW, utilising existing space at Nel’s current facility in Herøya, Norway. The support will be phased with Nel’s own investments for up to 4 GW of capacity for pressurised electrolyser equipment in Norway. A Final Investment Decision (FID) to start building the capacity depends on achieving successful testing in the current prototype and planned pilot stage, as well as market acceptance of the new technology.

Nel ASA awarded €135 million in grants for industrialisation of electrolyser technology | Global Hydrogen Review

ExxonMobil is well-positioned to overcome challenges the industry faces, and lead the energy transition, with its expertise in managing large-scale projects, regulatory navigation, and innovative technology integration.

In addition, ExxonMobil has established critical alliances to advance lower carbon technologies and provide markets with long-term supply reliability, including:

• JERA to procure 500 000 t of low-carbon ammonia from ExxonMobil’s Baytown hydrogen facility.
• ADNOC has acquired a 35% equity stake in the Baytown hydrogen facility.
• Air Liquide to supply 9000 t of oxygen and up to 6500 tons of nitrogen for the Baytown hydrogen facility using low-carbon electricity.
• Exxon partners with Zeeco, Inc. and Honeywell to cut emissions at the Baytown Olefins Plant.

ExxonMobil making progress on world’s largest hydrogen facility | Global Hydrogen Review

Green Hydrogen Price Starting to Come Down in India, Hygenco Says

(Bloomberg) — Hydrogen produced using renewable power is starting to sell for less than that made with natural gas in India, according to a producer there.

The country is reliant on imports to meet its demand for natural gas, and that expense is reflected in the price of so-called gray hydrogen. That may be tilting the balance in favor of the green version, which has typically been far costlier to produce.

Anshul Gupta, co-founder of Hygenco Green Energies Pvt Ltd., said in an interview.

For some 20-year contracts, we have priced green hydrogen below gray hydrogen, and we are still making money on that,

He said,

Gray hydrogen fluctuates between $2.70 and $4 a kilogram, making renewables an attractive alternative,

Green hydrogen has been touted as a tool to cut carbon emissions in industries such as steelmaking and chemicals, as well as transportation. But it sells for about $3 to $7 a kilogram globally, with recent estimates suggesting costs could be even higher when taking storage and distribution into account.

India aims to lower prices to $1.50 and raise annual output to 5 million tons by 2030, from negligible volumes today. To achieve that, it has announced a slew of incentives and is considering cutting import duties on the machinery needed.

Indian businesses have pledged about $187 billion to produce 15 million tons a year, vastly exceeding the government’s target, but a lack of binding sales agreements may curtail production to more like 500,000 tons a year, according to researcher BloombergNEF.

Hygenco has two projects in operation and a third expected online by year’s end — targeting annual output of about 150 million kilograms by 2030 — but that’s still a tiny volume when compared with India’s targets.

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One of the misnomers in the market is that green hydrogen is very expensive,

according to Gupta, who said it’s wrong to focus exclusively on the cost of inputs when calculating prices. Hygenco has kept a lid on costs by focusing on efficiency in the manufacturing process, he said.

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