NTPC REL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC, has signed an MoU with Union Territory of Ladakh, to setup country’s first green Hydrogen Mobility project in the region.
The signing of the MoU was also marked with the inauguration of NTPC’s first solar installations in Leh in form of solar trees and a solar car port, a release by NTPC said. (See photograph)
The MoU will enable NTPC to help Ladakh develop a carbon-free economy based on renewable sources and green hydrogen. This plan is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of a ‘carbon neutral’ Ladakh, the release said.
The plan
NTPC has planned to ply five hydrogen buses, to start with, in the region and the company will be setting up a solar plant and a green hydrogen generation unit in Leh, towards this end. This will put Leh as the first city in the country to implement a green hydrogen based mobility project. This would be zero emission mobility in true sense.
Target upscaled
NTPC has been aggressively pushing for greening its portfolio and green hydrogen project is another step towards achieving low carbon footprint. NTPC has also been promoting usage of green hydrogen based solutions in sectors like mobility, energy, chemical, fertilizer, steel etc.
NTPC has recently revised its target of achieving 60GW renewables capacity by 2032, almost doubling the earlier target, the release added.
(Note: “NTPC REL” refers to “NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd”, the renewable energy arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd)
