Overview

• The Khanimpur plant in Gorakhpur is Uttar Pradesh’s first and India’s second green hydrogen production site.
• Torrent Group plans to blend up to 2% green hydrogen into its existing CNG and piped gas distribution network for homes, CNG stations and industries.
• Company statements cite an annual production capacity of 72,000 tonnes, while other reports put it at just 72 tonnes, leaving the plant’s true scale unclear.
• Green hydrogen at the facility is produced by water electrolysis powered by roughly 2 MW of renewable energy.
• The inauguration supports Uttar Pradesh’s Green Hydrogen Policy and its goal of achieving 1 million tonnes per annum of green hydrogen.