SRM University-A.P. signs MoU to establish Centre of Excellence for green hydrogen technologies

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Dignitaries from JK Srivastava Hynfra Group and SRM University-A.P. aft  signing an MoU for constitution  of Centre of Excellence successful  hydrogen technologies, astatine  a property   league  held successful  Vijayawada connected  Tuesday.

Dignitaries from JK Srivastava Hynfra Group and SRM University-A.P. aft signing an MoU for constitution of Centre of Excellence successful hydrogen technologies, astatine a property league held successful Vijayawada connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI

In a large determination to presumption Andhra Pradesh arsenic a planetary hub for cleanable energy, SRM University-A.P. and JK Srivastava Hynfra PSA Limited (an Indo-Polish associated venture) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) connected Tuesday (February 03, 2026) to found a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence for research, academic, and technological cognition speech successful the tract of Green Hydrogen Technologies.

The inaugural falls nether Andhra Pradesh’s 2030 extremity of producing 1.5 MMTPA of greenish hydrogen. The task besides aims to make a broad roadmap for hydrogen retention and transportation, make hydrogen-powered substance cell-based trains, buses, trucks, etc., found electrolyser manufacturing capableness of 5GW, and bring down the outgo of Hydrogen.

At the Green Hydrogen Summit held astatine SRM University-A.P. successful July 2025 attended by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, SRM University-A.P. was recognised arsenic the authorities nodal bureau to execute precocious probe successful hydrogen technologies for the Green Hydrogen Valley project.

Executive Director (Research) astatine SRM Group of Institutions and Member Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Green Hydrogen Valley, D. Narayana Rao said successful its relation arsenic the State nodal agency, the University was driving the archetypal signifier of greenish hydrogen improvement by establishing the Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen Technologies successful concern with J K Srivastava Hynfra P.S.A. Ltd.

The JK Srivastava Group, successful concern with Hynfra, has made an concern of ₹35,000 crore to found a greenish ammonia manufacture adjacent Mulapeta astatine Srikakulam successful Andhra Pradesh, which would beryllium operational by 2029, helium said.

He said the Centre volition absorption connected processing precocious ratio catalysts for electrolysis, exploring the feasibility of alternate h2o sources, including nonstop seawater electrolysis, advancing caller hydrogen retention solutions, and examining the imaginable exertion of hydrogen successful powering information centres.

Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) Kamalakar Babu spoke astir the State’s Integrated Clean Energy (ICE) policy.

Founder and Chairman of JK Srivastava Hynfra P.S.A Ltd., J.K. Srivastava said that leveraging its immense coastline, Andhra Pradesh was looking astatine a people of exporting 500,000 tonnes of greenish ammonia to Europe by 2029.

Director, Business Development, JK Srivastava Hynfra PSA Ltd. Artur Kolakowski, Business Development Director, Hydrogen Systems, Rockfin Pawel Trojanowski, Director, JK Srivastava Hynfra Pankaj Srivastava, Vice-Chancellor of SRM University-AP Ch. Satish Kumar and others were contiguous connected the occasion.

Published - February 03, 2026 08:44 p.m. IST

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