INOX Air Products to supply Green Hydrogen for Asahi India’s plant in Rajasthan
Asahi India Glass Limited (AIS) and INOX Air Products (INOXAP) have entered into a 20-year offtake agreement for supply of Green Hydrogen, to AIS’s greenfield float glass facility in Soniyana in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. This is expected to be India’s first ever Green Hydrogen Plant for the Float Glass industry. The Plant will have a capacity to generate up to 190 tonnes of Green Hydrogen per annum through the electrolysis process. Slated to get commissioned by July 2024, the plant will be powered by solar energy.
AIS is setting up a greenfield project in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan for manufacturing high-quality float glass to be used for automotive and architectural purposes with technology collaboration from its partners – AGC Europe. INOXAP will be responsible for the design, engineering, installation, operations and a continuous supply of Green Hydrogen to the AIS facility for 20 years. In the first phase, 95 TPA Green Hydrogen will be supplied to AIS. As a part of the agreement, AIS will invest in the solar power plant, which would supply renewable energy for the generation of Green Hydrogen, which would be consumed in AIS’s float glass manufacturing process.
Speaking on the occasion, Rupinder Shelly, COO-Architectural Glass, Asahi India Glass said, “It is a matter of immense pride that AIS’s Soniyana Float Glass facility will be the first ever plant in the Float Glass industry in India to be powered by Green Hydrogen.” He adds, “Our greenfield plant at Soniyana targets to use 94% of its power requirements through green and sustainable energy sources.”
Commenting on the development, Siddharth Jain, Managing Director – INOX Air Products stated, “We are proud to begin our Green Hydrogen journey as we partner AIS for their Chittorgarh facility, and giving shape to our first Green Hydrogen Plant as well as India’s first ever Green Hydrogen plant for the Float Glass sector. This development would substantially reduce CO2 emissions with a reduction of 1250 MTPA.”
