Greenko partners with John Cockerill for green hydrogen electrolyzers
The partnership will help in delivery of electrolysers at scale in India within the next year, facilitating green hydrogen production at the lowest possible cost.
According to the joint press release, Greenko Group, an Indian cleantech company, and Belgian alkaline electrolyser manufacturer John Cockerill announced the signing of an exclusive agreement between the two, to jointly develop market initiatives for green hydrogen electrolyzers in India. The contract was signed through Greenko ZeroC (GZC), a subsidiary of Greenko.
The release states that this partnership will allow for the delivery of electrolysers at scale in India within the next year, which will facilitate producing green hydrogen at the lowest possible cost.
The release further added that GZC and John Cockerill will collaborate on all facets of market evolution of green hydrogen electrolyzers, which turn clean energy into carbon free hydrogen. In addition, they will develop new technologies to produce carbon negative fuels, hastening the energy transition that nations and companies are pursuing.
With the goal of delivering internationally competitive green hydrogens and associated green molecules, Greenko is already building up the capacity to cater to the global green hydrogen market.
Anil Chalamalasetty, chief executive officer and managing director, Greenko commented in the statement, “We have partnered with a world-class technology partner, John Cockerill, to develop large-scale green molecule projects in India…This partnership will not only curb India’s energy imports, but also facilitate a turnaround so that energy can be exported.”
Jean-Luc Maurange, CEO, John Cockerill commented that this partnership with Greenko will contribute to India’s emergence as a new energy hub. There are abundant natural resources in India as well as a huge domestic market that can cater to the growth of this market regionally and internationally.
As per the release, the amount of hydrogen used in India is currently between five and six million tonnes per annum, and replacing a quarter of that with green hydrogen will create a nascent domestic market with a supply chain that would provide opportunities to substitute at least three million tonnes per annum of ammonia imports.
By 2025, Greenko plans to have upward of one metric tonne per annum (mtpa) of green ammonia export facilities in India, requiring about 2 GW of electrolysis capacity. Meanwhile, Cockerill is currently developing the world’s highest capacity electrolysers with power outputs of over 6MW, along with manufacturing facilities around the world.
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