Power Minister flags off fleet of green hydrogen buses at Leh
Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal on Saturday flagged-off the fleet of green hydrogen buses of NTPC at Leh.
A spokesperson said the flagging took place in the presence of senior officials of the Ministry of Power, Leh Administration and NTPC.
After the flag-off, the Union Minister travelled 12 km in one of the H2 buses from the H2 filling station to the Leh airport.
The Union Minister congratulated NTPC for its unique contribution to the energy security and decarbonisation efforts of the country through adoption of hydrogen technologies at various fronts like mobility, blending with PNG, green methanol and its overall thrust on RE, the statement said.
The Green Hydrogen Mobility Project at Leh comprises in-situ 1.7 MW solar plant, green hydrogen filling station of capacity 80 kg/day and 5 hydrogen intra-city buses.
“Each bus can cover 300 km per single filling of hydrogen of 25 kg. This is also the world’s highest altitude (3650m MSL) Green Hydrogen Mobility Project that is designed to operate in low density air, sub-zero temperature and can fill hydrogen at 350 bar pressure,” the statement said.
This station shall mitigate the carbon emissions of approximately 350 MT/year and contribute 230 MT/year of pure oxygen into the atmosphere which is equal to planting of about 13,000 trees.
According to officials, the potential of green hydrogen mobility solution in Ladakh “is very strong considering the high solar irradiance with low temperature, a sweet spot for producing the solar power and green hydrogen efficiently.”
“Production and utilisation of this green fuel at these locations would avoid the fossil fuel logistics and make the locations self-sufficient in terms of energy requirement,” the statement said.
It also said NTPC is setting up more hydrogen mobility projects across India in addition to deployment of various green hydrogen technologies, rapidly scaling up of RE capacity including setting up of a hydrogen hub in Andhra Pradesh.
