New Delhi: State-run NTPC Ltd and GE Gasoline Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday for feasibility to exhibit hydrogen co-firing blended with pure gasoline in GE’s 9E gasoline generators put in at NTPC’s Kawas combined-cycle gasoline energy plant in Gujarat.
The 2 corporations will collectively discover the pathways to cut back CO2 emissions from Kawas gasoline energy plant and additional implementation at scale throughout NTPC’s put in models in India, mentioned a press release from NTPC.
NTPC’s Kawas gasoline energy plant is powered by 4 GE 9E gasoline generators working in a combined-cycle mode and has an put in capability of 645 megawatt (MW). Additional, GE’s advance E- Class gasoline turbine portfolio at present has the aptitude to burn as much as 100% by quantity of hydrogen when blended with pure gasoline.
“This functionality varies relying on the kind of combustion system used. For fuels with over 5% hydrogen by quantity, gasoline turbine equipment must be evaluated and presumably modified to reliably ship the gasoline to the combustors, ” it mentioned.
On this first-of-its-kind MoU with NTPC in India, GE Gasoline Energy will consider the potential modifications within the gasoline turbine unit and auxiliaries required for mixing of H2 with pure gasoline.
Thereafter, a pilot challenge for five% co-firing of hydrogen could also be carried out on the Kawas gasoline energy plant in a secure setting primarily based on the feasibility report. NTPC shall present H2 required for the challenge.
“NTPC, with a big fleet of energy technology services delivering greater than 70 GW throughout India, has been on the forefront in relation to piloting new hydrogen-related initiatives. This MoU is among the many steps we’re taking within the course to fulfill the aims underneath the Nationwide Hydrogen Mission, “mentioned, Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Tasks), NTPC Ltd.
Deepesh Nanda, CEO, GE Gasoline Energy South Asia mentioned: “India’s energy panorama is strengthened by the rising applied sciences which might be at numerous levels of improvement and industrial competitiveness. Hydrogen has a big potential to play a complementary position together with different low-to-zero carbon fuels in producing electrical energy at scale.”
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