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Indian refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Singaporean engineering services firm Sembcorp will build a 10,000-tonne-per-year green hydrogen plant at a state-owned refinery after securing a supply contract.

The companies’ 50:50 joint venture (JV) NeuEN Green Energy said the long-term offtake contract would see it build a green hydrogen plant at Numaligarh Refinery’s – a division of state-owned Indian Oil – Assam facility.

According to local reports, the JV will supply green hydrogen at India’s “lowest price” of 279 rupees ($2.97) per kilogramme.

“The landmark tariff achieved demonstrates the importance of well-structured long-term offtake contracts,” said Sembcorp’s Hydrogen Business CEO, Vipul Tuli.

The price is significant. India targets reducing costs to under $2/kg by 2030, while other regions, like Europe, grapple with costs of around $11/kg.

Details on the project remain unclear. However, it is expected to begin operating in 2028 and will use renewables with energy storage to enable round-the-clock operations.

Refinery supply has been viewed as a key enabler of India’s green hydrogen sector. So far, small-scale projects have been commissioned to supply steel operations, and state-backed contracts have been issued for green ammonia supply to fertiliser plants.

Trade group, India Hydrogen Alliance (IH2A), told H2 View that refineries’ adoption of green hydrogen would determine the success or failure of India’s target of producing five million tonnes per year of green hydrogen by 2030.

IH2A estimates that if 10% of grey refinery-fed hydrogen were replaced with green, India could meet 30% of its targets.

While India is setting itself up as a key exporter of green hydrogen to Asia and Europe, IH2A argued the country must develop anchor demand domestically to unlock the wave and scale of export-focused projects required.

“The equipment manufacturing, engineering design and services export opportunity is sensitive to the pace of FID stage project development,” IH2A Secretariat Lead Amrit Singh Deo said. “More domestic FID stage project development will help India realise this.”

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German technology major Siemens will support UK membrane-free electrolyser firm Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) in commercialising its hydrogen production technology

Under a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), Siemens will contribute to the manufacturing and development of CPH2’s MFE technology.

Details of the company’s exact involvement remain unclear. However, CPH2 said its support will focus on product and process development, customer introductions, and go-to-market strategies.

Siemens provides control technology and automation facilities for hydrogen production projects, as well as digital twin tools for design and building projects. In 2024, it provided support for developing HiiROC’s thermal plasma methane-splitting technology.

CPH2 said it hopes to finalise the MOU into a legally binding partnership agreement.

Having completed its first site acceptance test of its pilot 0.5MW MFE110 system for Northern Ireland Water, CPH2 is focusing on delivering its first commercial 1MW units to customers in 2026.

Membrane-less electrolysers operate using fluid dynamics or buoyancy to separate hydrogen and oxygen. While this is cost-effective and simple, it means oxygen and hydrogen gases can mix, creating concerns around purity and safety.

In July 2025, CPH signed a non-binding agreement to supply an initial five 1MW units to a project in County Mayo, Ireland, for operation by 2027 or 2028.

Despite the potential cost savings and flexibility of membrane-less electrolysis, it is easier for the oxygen and hydrogen gases to mix, which creates concerns around purity and safety.

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