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Tata Motors Bags Order of 15 H2-based Fuel Cell Buses From Indian Oil
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aharashtra-headquartered automobile manufacturing company Tata Motors Limited has announced that it has won a tender of 15 hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell buses from the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). IOCL had invited bids for supply of PEM fuel cell buses in December 2020, and Tata Motors was selected as the winner following a diligent evaluation process. All 15 buses will be delivered within 144 weeks from the date of signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In addition to supplying the buses to the Research & Development Centre of IOCL, Tata Motors will also collaborate with them to undertake R&D projects and collectively study further the potential of Fuel Cell technology for commercial vehicles. This will be done by jointly testing, maintaining and operating these buses for public transport in real-world conditions in DelhiNCR. The buses will be refuelled by hydrogen, generated and dispensed by IOCL. Mr. S.M. Vaidya, Chairman, IndianOil, stated that IndianOil has been pioneering national efforts towards ushering in the hydrogen economy for various applications, including mobility. This 1st of its kind project in the country is bringing the country’s largest fuel supplier and largest commercial vehicle manufacturer on board
to take the hydrogen & fuel cell technology to the next level, he said. This initiative would also act as a stepping stone for various other key programs of IndianOil, which proposes to introduce hydrogenbased mobility on different iconic routes and important sectors in the country. These futuristic steps are in the right direction for making hydrogen as the ultimate net-zero fuel, Vaidya added. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Girish Wagh, President, Commercial Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors said, “We have successfully supplied
215 EV buses under FAME I and won orders for 600 EV buses under FAME II. This order to supply PEM Fuel Cell buses from a company as respected as Indian Oil Corporation, further encourages our ongoing efforts on developing Indiafocused alternative sustainable fuels to transform the future of mobility in India,” he added. Further, IndianOil would be setting up ~1 ton per day hydrogen production pilot plants based on 4 innovative pathways besides collaborating with Tata Motors for fuel cell research.
NTPC Releases Tender to Deploy Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses in Delhi, Leh
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tate-owned NTPC on Monday announced that its subsidiary NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN) has floated a tender for deployment of hydrogen fuel cell buses in Delhi and Leh. The bid document sale commenced on June 30, 2021, and the last date to submit the bids is July 16, 2021, NTPC said in a statement.
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The e-buses would be zeroemission vehicles in true form as hydrogen would be generated from renewable energy, making it a pure green initiative. Green hydrogen would be supplied to the buses by NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd. NVVN is providing comprehensive mobility solutions in all EV segments, targeting a
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reduction of carbon footprint and achieving energy security. One of the two is a standalone Fuel-Cell based backup power system and the other is a standalone fuel-cellbased microgrid system with hydrogen production using an electrolyzer at NTPC premises. NTPC is exploring the use of Hydrogen based Fuel Cells-
Electrolyser systems for backup power requirements. The company has also issued a tender for the installation of a 4 MW ground-mounted solar project with a 1 MW/1 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and induction-based cooking system at its NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) facility in Greater Noida.
