NTPC, IPRCL signs MoU with VOC Port Authority to boost clean energy transition
The MoUs signed are between VOC Port and IPRCL for rail connectivity to the Outer Harbour project and with NTPC for implementing green mobility initiatives at the Port.
With a major boost to the clean energy transition, the Tuticorin-based VOC Port Authority has signed a major memorandum with two major PSUs, IPRCL and NTPC Green Energy Ltd. The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Shri Sarbanada Sonowal, has inaugurated India’s first port-based Green Hydrogen Pilot Project at V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port, marking a major step in the renewable energy transition.
The project is built at a cost of Rs 3.87 crore and will generate 10 Nm³/hr of green hydrogen to power streetlights and an electric vehicle charging station in the port colony. Therefore, VOC Port has become the first port in the country to produce green hydrogen.
The MoUs signed are between VOC Port and IPRCL for rail connectivity to the Outer Harbour project and with NTPC for implementing green mobility initiatives at the Port.
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The minister also laid the foundation stone for a pilot green methanol bunkering and refueling facility of 750 m³ capacity at a cost of Rs 35.34 crore. In line with the proposed Coastal Green Shipping Corridor between Kandla and Tuticorin, the project initiative is expected to position VOC Port as a core green hub in south India.
Meanwhile, the other projects that are launched include a 400 KW rooftop solar power plant, enhancing the port’s rooftop solar capacity to 1.04 MW, the highest among Indian ports, and a Rs 24.5 crore link conveyor connecting Coal Jetty-I to the port stack yard, increasing efficiency by 0.72 MMTPA.
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