RIL, Adani, JSW group, L&T enter race for green H2 and electrolyser

Most of the companies participating in the SECI tenders have already chalked out plans for the green hydrogen business and would use this tender as an initial plank

For the Centre’s first tender on green hydrogen and electrolyser manufacturing, around a dozen companies, including Reliance Industries (RIL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Adani New Energy, and JSW Energy, have shown interest.

The tenders were floated by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) under the flagship Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme, aimed at setting up green hydrogen and electrolysers (the key component to produce hydrogen).

The tender for producing green hydrogen received technical bids from 10 companies, including RIL, state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals, Torrent Power, Greenko ZeroC, JSW Neo Energy, Sembcorp Green Hydrogen India, etc. These