<p>Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, a pilot plant capable of manufacturing 99.999 per cent pure green hydrogen was on Wednesday commissioned by Oil India Limited (OIL) in Assam.</p>.<p>An official statement said that the pilot plant, with an installed capacity of producing 10 kg of gas per day, was commissioned by the nation’s second-largest state-owned oil explorer in a record time of three months at its Jorhat pump station.</p>.<p>Green hydrogen will be produced from the electricity generated by the existing 500kW Solar plant using a 100 kW Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolyser array.</p>.<p>AEM technology is being used for the first time in the country, the statement said.</p>.<p>Sushil Chandra Mishra, chairman and managing director of the company, inaugurated the plant in the presence of Harish Madhav, director (finance), and Prasanta Borkakoty, resident chief executive of OIL.</p>.<p>Speaking on the occasion, Mishra said that the company has taken an important step towards fulfilling the vision for an “Energy-Independent India”.</p>.<p>This plant is expected to increase its production of green hydrogen from 10 kg per day to 30 kg per day in the future, the statement said.</p>.<p>The company has initiated a detailed study in collaboration with IIT Guwahati on the blending of green hydrogen with natural gas and its effect on the existing infrastructure of OIL. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, a pilot plant capable of manufacturing 99.999 per cent pure green hydrogen was on Wednesday commissioned by Oil India Limited (OIL) in Assam.</p>.<p>An official statement said that the pilot plant, with an installed capacity of producing 10 kg of gas per day, was commissioned by the nation’s second-largest state-owned oil explorer in a record time of three months at its Jorhat pump station.</p>.<p>Green hydrogen will be produced from the electricity generated by the existing 500kW Solar plant using a 100 kW Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolyser array.</p>.<p>AEM technology is being used for the first time in the country, the statement said.</p>.<p>Sushil Chandra Mishra, chairman and managing director of the company, inaugurated the plant in the presence of Harish Madhav, director (finance), and Prasanta Borkakoty, resident chief executive of OIL.</p>.<p>Speaking on the occasion, Mishra said that the company has taken an important step towards fulfilling the vision for an “Energy-Independent India”.</p>.<p>This plant is expected to increase its production of green hydrogen from 10 kg per day to 30 kg per day in the future, the statement said.</p>.<p>The company has initiated a detailed study in collaboration with IIT Guwahati on the blending of green hydrogen with natural gas and its effect on the existing infrastructure of OIL. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>