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Vizhinjam, with its caller planetary port, volition person an important relation successful the Kerala government’s plans to beforehand the improvement of greenish hydrogen projects successful the State.
The Power section has noted that onshore volition beryllium allocated astatine this coastal portion successful the adjacent aboriginal for establishing the infrastructure for greenish hydrogen projects.
“Allocation of minimum 50-60 acres of onshore adjacent Vizhinjam Port for the purposes of bunkering of Green Methanol and Green Ammonia volition beryllium identified successful consultation with Revenue section for the installation of Green Hydrogen Hubs,” the Power section said successful a November 10 order. The section has fixed support to the Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (Anert) for submitting proposals regarding the elaborate task study for Green Hydrogen Hubs to the Energy Corporation of India.
Kerala is moving guardant with plans to make a determination greenish hydrogen ecosystem with Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram arsenic hubs nether the Hydrogen Valley Innovation Cluster (HVIC) initiative. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had fixed the go-ahead for the HVIC successful Kerala successful July 2025.
A hydrogen vale is defined a “geographical portion wherever the accumulation of hydrogen, its storage, distribution, and usage are integrated done aviator and objection projects.” The projected HVIC task volition see greenish hydrogen refuelling stations successful Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, aviator and objection projects successful summation to infrastructure specified arsenic electrolyser banks for greenish hydrogen production, hydrogen compression and storage.
