India is inviting proposals for pilot projects on using hydrogen in the iron and steel sector, drawing on funding from the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
MECON, the Scheme Implementing Agency (SIA), has uploaded the Request For Proposal (RFP) for hydrogen injection in DRI pilot plants fully using hydrogen, existing blast furnaces to reduce coal/coke consumption and existing DRI vertical shafts to partially substitute natural gas and maximise hydrogen.
For the first one, funding will be up to 70% of the total project cost (excluding cost of production of hydrogen and land). For schemes B and C, regarding injection of hydrogen in existing plant, funding will be up to 50% of the capital cost excluding cost of production of hydrogen and land.
The National Green Hydrogen Mission, launched on 4th January 2023 with an outlay of Rs. 19,744 Crore, aims at to make India a global hub for production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. A budgetary outlay of Rs. 455 crore has been allocated for the steel sector under the Mission until 2029-30.
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