BPCL partners BARC to scale up green hydrogen production
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BPCL partners BARC to scale up green hydrogen production

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) plans to help establish a 1 megawatt electrolyzer manufacturing facility in the country by 2025 using the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's (BARC) technology for green hydrogen, according to a company executive.

BPCL's research and development department is working with BARC to scale up alkaline electrolyzer technology for green hydrogen production. The cost of an alkaline electrolyzer can be halved with some technological and economic innovations, according to Bharat L Newalkar, chief general manager (R&D) at BPCL.

The company plans to get a third party to set up the electrolyzer-making facility, he said, adding that the alkaline electrolyzers produced from the proposed facility will likely cost 20-30% less than the current rate of about $800 per kilowatt.

About 55 kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity is needed to produce a kilogram of green hydrogen. To make green hydrogen viable, capital expenditure, as well as operating expenditure, must come down, according to Ravikumar V, head of R&D at BPCL. Innovation, as well as government support, would be needed to reduce green hydrogen costs, he added. Producing green hydrogen costs three times more than grey hydrogen today.

Most state-run refiners are planning to begin production of green hydrogen to partly replace the large volume of grey hydrogen they mainly use for removing sulphur from the fuel.

BPCL's R&D division has also designed a more efficient LPG cooking stove burner that can help save a cylinder's worth of gas every year for a household, according to Ravikumar. Stoves in the market have a fuel efficiency of 68% while the BPCL's new model has an efficiency of 74%. Both burners cost the same. More than 70,000 stoves using BPCL's burners have already been sold to customers, he said.

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) plans to help establish a 1 megawatt electrolyzer manufacturing facility in the country by 2025 using the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's (BARC) technology for green hydrogen, according to a company executive. BPCL's research and development department is working with BARC to scale up alkaline electrolyzer technology for green hydrogen production. The cost of an alkaline electrolyzer can be halved with some technological and economic innovations, according to Bharat L Newalkar, chief general manager (R&D) at BPCL. The company plans to get a third party to set up the electrolyzer-making facility, he said, adding that the alkaline electrolyzers produced from the proposed facility will likely cost 20-30% less than the current rate of about $800 per kilowatt. About 55 kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity is needed to produce a kilogram of green hydrogen. To make green hydrogen viable, capital expenditure, as well as operating expenditure, must come down, according to Ravikumar V, head of R&D at BPCL. Innovation, as well as government support, would be needed to reduce green hydrogen costs, he added. Producing green hydrogen costs three times more than grey hydrogen today. Most state-run refiners are planning to begin production of green hydrogen to partly replace the large volume of grey hydrogen they mainly use for removing sulphur from the fuel. BPCL's R&D division has also designed a more efficient LPG cooking stove burner that can help save a cylinder's worth of gas every year for a household, according to Ravikumar. Stoves in the market have a fuel efficiency of 68% while the BPCL's new model has an efficiency of 74%. Both burners cost the same. More than 70,000 stoves using BPCL's burners have already been sold to customers, he said. Also Read Ansal Buildwell posts net profit of 3.659 million in Q4 FY23 Shriram Properties' net profit dips 75.60%

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