Jindal Stainless Limited Commences First-Ever Use of Green Hydrogen for Stainless Steel Sector in India
March 04, 2024 at 05:33 am EST
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Jindal Stainless commenced the maiden usage of green hydrogen in its stainless steel plant in Hisar, Haryana in a ground-breaking venture in line with its commitment to sustainability and India's targets of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions. The commissioning was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia ji virtually from New Delhi, in the presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, Managing Director, Jindal Stainless, Mr. Abhyuday Jindal and CEO of the technology partner, Hygenco Green Energies, Mr. Amit Bansal. The fully automated plant has been set up in association with Hygenco Green Energies Private Limited, a global leader in deploying green hydrogen solutions. The alkaline bipolar electrolyser, which has a capacity of 350 Nm3/hr, guarantees on an average 90Nm3/hr round-the-clock supply of green hydrogen using dedicated solar energy and storage. The facility aims at abating around 54,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions over 20 years and is based on a long-term off-take agreement. The facility is controlled by an advanced energy management and control system and Hygenco is operating the plant under Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model. The first commercial-scale green hydrogen plant, powered by rooftop and floating solar, was completed within the stipulated time frame. The facility has a comprehensive monitoring system to track hydrogen generation, renewable energy
generation, states of charge, pressure, and temperature. It has the capability to make real-time decisions for achieving high efficiency. Hygenco's technology augments hydrogen yield and deliver cost- competitive hydrogen.
Jindal Stainless Limited is an India-based stainless-steel company. It is focused on manufacturing stainless steel in India. It offers a range of stainless-steel products in 200 series, 300 series, 400 series and duplex stainless-steel grades. Its products include slabs, hot rolled coils, cold rolled coils, plates and grades. It offers its services to the applications, such as architecture, buildings, and construction, automotive and transport, railway, consumer durables, process industry, plumbing, coin blanks, nuclear applications and precision strip and blade steel. It operates a stainless-steel plant at Jaipur, Odisha with a capacity of 1.1 million tons per annum spread across approximately 800 acres. It has a diverse product portfolio comprising approximately 120 grades and a distribution network with service centers in the domestic and international markets. The Company, through its subsidiary, Jindal United Steel Limited, operates Hot Strip Mill, located in Jajpur, Odisha.