Manohar Lal, union minister of power and housing & urban affairs, flagged-off the fleet of NTPC’s green hydrogen buses at Leh. The green hydrogen mobility project at Leh comprises in-situ 1.7 MW solar plant, green hydrogen filling station with 80 kg/day capacity and five hydrogen intra-city buses. Each bus can cover 300 km per single filling of 25 kg hydrogen.
This is also the world’s highest altitude (3650 metres above mean sea level) green hydrogen mobility project that is designed to operate in low-density air, sub-zero temperature and can fill hydrogen at 350 bar pressure. It is estimated to mitigate carbon emissions of approx. 350 MT/year and contribute 230 MT/year of pure oxygen into the atmosphere, which is equal to planting of approx. 13,000 trees.
High solar irradiance with low temperature makes Ladakh a sweet spot for producing 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.
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 and setting up of a hydrogen hub in Andhra Pradesh.
