Adani Total starts pilot project of blending green hydrogen with natural gas
Adani Total Gas Limited has started the experimental blending of green hydrogen with natural gas sold to the industry as fuel for domestic cooking and cooking. The joint venture company of industrialist Gautam Adani’s group and French energy company Total Energies said in a statement on Tuesday that the blending of green hydrogen with gas will be gradually increased to eight percent.
“As part of the project, ATGL will use the latest technologies to blend green hydrogen (GH2) with natural gas for over 4,000 residential and commercial customers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,” it said. Green hydrogen is produced using renewable energy by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen gas through the process of ‘electrolysis’. Compared to burning gas, hydrogen mixture has less carbon content but has the same heating capacity.
“The pilot project is expected to be operational by the first quarter of FY 2024-25 (April 2024 to March 2025) and depending on regulatory approvals, the percentage of green hydrogen in the mix will gradually increase to 8 percent or More than that will be done.” Suresh P Mangalani, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of ATGL, said, “We are committed to building environmentally sustainable operations. This project demonstrates our dedication to building infrastructure in the country to establish India as an energy-independent country by the year 2047. This project will make a significant contribution to reducing our carbon emissions.”
ATGL has licenses to retail CNG for vehicles, piped cooking gas for households, and pipeline gas for industries in 38 geographical areas (GAs). The company has a complete city gas distribution network in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat, Faridabad in Haryana, and Khurja in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. Further, the development of Allahabad, Chandigarh, Ernakulam, Panipat, Daman, Dharwad, and Udham Singh Nagar gas distribution has been entrusted to a consortium of Adani Total Gas Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited.