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SECI floats bids for green urea, methanol; targets 1 mn tonne green ammonia
SECI floats bids for green urea, methanol; targets 1 mn tonne green ammonia
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited expressions of interest to identify carbon dioxide suppliers for green urea and RFNBO-compliant green methanol projects. Separately, SECI managing director Akash Tripathi said…
The Story in Brief
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited expressions of interest to identify carbon dioxide suppliers for green urea and RFNBO-compliant green methanol projects. Separately, SECI managing director Akash Tripathi said the corporation would tender an additional 1 million metric tonnes of green ammonia annually for the fertiliser sector, building on 724,000 tonnes already under offtake agreements. India’s fertiliser industry uses about 20 million tonnes of grey hydrogen annually, mostly from imported natural gas. SECI is also preparing green methanol tenders for the domestic market, expected within two months.
The Indian Opinion
India’s green hydrogen push is real, but the global narrative, that green hydrogen is dying because the West has cooled on it, is misleading. The government has brought production costs down to Rs 279 per kg from $5 in 2023. SECI’s simultaneous moves on green ammonia for fertilisers, green methanol for domestic use, and CO₂ sourcing for urea show a coordinated strategy, not a hobby. The test is timely execution of the 1-million-tonne green ammonia tender: if that lands on schedule, the sceptics will have to redraw their charts.
Sources (2): energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com, economictimes.indiatimes.com
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