NTPC delivers 5 hydrogen fuel cell buses to SIDCO for commercial operations in Leh

New Delhi: State-owned power giant NTPC on Thursday said it has handed over five hydrogen fuel cell buses to SIDCO (Sindhu Infrastructure Development Corporation), a Ladakh administration undertaking, for commercial operations in the Union Territory.

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The vehicles were delivered on Wednesday. This initiative marks India's first commercial deployment of hydrogen fuel buses and sets a global benchmark for green mobility by operating hydrogen buses at the highest altitude in the world, a company statement said.

In November last year, NTPC had launched world's first hydrogen fuelling station and first-of-its kind green hydrogen mobility station in Leh.

The fuel station at 11,562 feet above the sea level is co-located with a solar plant of 1.7 MW for providing renewable power for its entire operational requirements.

The hydrogen mobility project is expected to mitigate carbon emissions of around 350 MT/year and contribute 230 MT/year of pure oxygen to the atmosphere, equivalent to 13,000 tree plantations.

NTPC is India's largest integrated power utility, contributing one-fourth of India's power requirements and has an installed capacity of over 81 GW, with an additional capacity of 29.5 GW under construction, including 9.6 GW of renewable energy capacity.

The company aims to achieve 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032.

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