CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. India’s first Green Hydrogen Micro-grid Project is to come up in which state? Notes: National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has awarded a fuel-cell based Green Hydrogen Micro-grid Project at Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -VISAKHAPATNAM: The NTPC-Simhadri plant in Vizag region will develop a project of standalone fuel cell based 50 kW microgrid pilot project with green hydrogen production using electrolyser. The project will be India’s first green hydrogen-based energy storage project.

Detailed explanation-3: -NTPC Ltd commissions India’s first green hydrogen blending project. The green hydrogen blending has been started in the piped natural gas (PNG) network of NTPC Kawas township, Surat. The project is a joint effort of NTPC and Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL).

Detailed explanation-4: -PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of 1st Green Hydrogen Mobility Project of India, Leh Ladakh | The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh | India. S.O.

Detailed explanation-5: -AHMEDABAD: Placing Gujarat on the global map of green hydrogen economy, Gujarat Gas Limited along with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) commissioned India’s first green hydrogen blending project at Hazira in Surat.