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Green Hydrogen from MSW & Agri-Waste: NTPC unveils new Oxy Gasification Technology

The NTPC R&D wing NETRA has announced that it embarks to set up green hydrogen production plant using Plasma Oxy Gasification of MSW/Agri-Waste technology. NTPC said that upon set-up, it shall be a unique plant globally, wherein plasma assisted ‘oxy gasification’ of MSW-RDF/Agri-Waste shall be carried to produce ‘very high quality syn-gas’, from which high purity hydrogen ( over 99.9%) shall be separated using a novel configuration of ‘gas membrane’ and ‘pressure swing adsorption’.

NTPC said that this demonstration plant will produce about 1 Tonne per day green hydrogen by gasifying about 25 Tonne per day MSW/Agri-Waste.

Besides ‘Carbon-Mono-Oxide’ separated from ‘Hydrogen Recovery System’ shall be used to produce electricity using a low calorie gas engine.

NTPC mentioned that other than electrolysis, which is a highly energy intensive process (55-60 kWh/kg H2), Gasification & Reformation of MSW/Agri-Waste is the only pathways to produce green hydrogen.

This cutting-edge technology is in line with NETRA’s commitment to undertake research projects and demonstrate technologies for achieving Energy Transition goals and NTPC’s commitment for adopting ‘Circular Economy’ models.

“This opens a new avenue for NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC in the domain of green hydrogen,” said the official statement of the company.

Recently, NTPC has also partnered with the Indian Army to establish a Solar Hydrogen-based Microgrid at Chushul, Ladakh, that will operate independently, using hydrogen as an energy storage medium to supply 200kW of power round-the-clock throughout the year to our soldiers.

NTPC wants to achieve 60GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032 and becoming a major player in green hydrogen technology and energy storage domain. The company is pursuing several initiatives toward decarbonisation, including hydrogen blending, carbon capture, electric buses, and smart NTPC townships.

Subhash Yadav

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