On Saturday, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) commissioned a new green hydrogen plant at Hazira in Gujarat. Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman of IOC, inaugurated this green hydrogen plant. The company is linked with a joint venture with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and ReNew Power to produce green hydrogen. L&T and IOC after five months of development. Daily, the plant’s production will be 45 kgs which will be used for captive consumption in the Hazira manufacturing complex. The Hazira plant is designed for an electrolyser capacity of 800 kW, comprising alkaline (380 kW) and polymer electrolyte membrane (420 kW) technologies. It will be powered by a 990kW peak DC capacity rooftop solar plant and a 500kWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Commenting on the occasion, Subramanian Sarma, whole-time director & senior executive vice president (Energy), L&T, said: “This initiative is in line with L&T’s climate leadership targets of Lakshya-2026. The scope involves the generation of high purity green Hydrogen (99.99%) and oxygen and their captive consumption in the manufacturing shops. A blend of 15 per cent hydrogen with natural gas will be used as a fuel, and oxygen will supplement the existing usage in cutting and welding applications.”

The plant is designed with active and passive safety systems and will operate through state-of-the-art control systems with remote monitoring functionally. Additionally, an integrated data analytics platform designed by L&T will provide insights into the performance of the electrolysers and the overall plant.