Marking a major step towards foraying into new and alternate energy and in line with the National Green H₂ Mission, GAIL (India) Limited has installed its first green H₂ plant at GAIL Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh, which was inaugurated by Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Pankaj Jain, in an event organized today, wherein GAIL Chairman and Managing Director Shri Sandeep Gupta, Director (Projects) Shri Deepak Gupta, Director (Human Resources) Shri Ayush Gupta and other Senior Officials were also present.

This green H₂ plant is having a capacity of producing 4.3 tpd of H₂, through 10-MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) Electrolyzer units, by electrolysis of water using renewable power. The purity of H₂ from this plant shall be 99.999% (by vol.) and will be produced at a pressure of 30 kg/cm².

Initially the H₂ produced from this unit shall be used as a fuel along with Natural Gas for captive purpose in the various processes and equipment running in the existing plant at Vijaipur. Further, this H₂ is planned to be dispensed to retail customers in the nearby geographies, transported through high-pressure cascades.

Besides sourcing renewable power through open access, GAIL is also setting up around 20-MW solar power plants at Vijaipur (both Ground Mounted and Floating) to meet the requirement of green power for the 10-MW PEM electrolyzer.