Thermax Ltd, a Pune-based energy and environment solutions provider, announced it would explore green hydrogen projects, including new manufacturing facilities in India under a partnership with Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI).
The two parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on this collaboration.
Under the MoU, Thermax and FFI plan to explore opportunities to jointly develop fully integrated green hydrogen projects for commercial and industrial customers in India. The production of green hydrogen at an industrial scale would be a significant step forward in decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries in India, such as refineries, fertilizers, and steel. They also plan to collaborate in developing new [electrolyzer and subsystem] manufacturing facilities to support green energy projects in India.
“The Performance Linked Incentive (PLI scheme), under India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission, could be leveraged for setting up any new manufacturing capacity,” stated Thermax.
These manufacturing facilities would cater to the domestic requirements for electrolysers and subsystems and could potentially be used for export internationally.
Fortescue Metals Group’s experience in managing large-scale projects in its iron ore business provides FFI – Fortescue’s green energy arm – with a strong platform to expand into manufacturing projects in green hydrogen.
FFI is in the process of constructing a world-leading Green Energy Manufacturing Centre in Gladstone, Queensland. The first phase of the project involves the construction of an electrolyser manufacturing facility, with a targeted initial output capacity of 2 GW per annum.
Thermax will bring its vast experience in EPC and supply chain to the collaboration.
Expressing his thoughts on the collaboration, Ashish Bhandari, MD & CEO, Thermax, said, “The collaboration with Fortescue Future Industries is perfectly timed to leverage the massive potential of the Indian green energy market that presents a multitude of opportunities, backed by favourable policies and incentives. Furthermore, the recent approval of the National Green Hydrogen Mission by India’s Union Cabinet, which aims to increase domestic production of green hydrogen to 5 MMT per annum by 2030 and reduce fossil fuel imports by over Rs. 1 lakh crore, is a significant boost. With all these factors working in our favour, we are confident that our association will be successful.”
FFI CEO Mark Hutchinson said, “FFI is on a mission to replace fossil fuels by producing green electrons from renewable energy and then converting these green electrons into green hydrogen. Through the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the Indian Government has shown that it is committed to developing its green hydrogen industry to help the country decarbonise. We are thrilled to be working with Thermax and believe that this MOU with a company of such high standing will help us in our mission to eliminate emissions.”
About Thermax Limited: Incorporated in 1966, Thermax Group, headquartered in Pune, India, is a leading conglomerate in the energy and environment space. It offers integrated solutions in heating, cooling, power generation, water treatment and recycling, air pollution control, and chemicals with a focus on ensuring clean air, clean energy, and clean water.
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