Union Minister Hardeep Puri to Flag Off 1st Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus on Sept 25

New Delhi: In a significant step towards green mobility, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs, will flag off the 1st Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus at Kartavya Path in Delhi on September 25, 2023.

Green Hydrogen, produced using renewable energy, has the potential to play a key role in such low-carbon and self-reliant economic pathways. Green Hydrogen can enable the utilization of domestically abundant renewable energy resources across regions, seasons, and sectors, feeding multiple usage streams, either as a fuel or as an industrial feedstock. It can directly replace fossil fuel-derived feedstocks in petroleum refining, fertilizer production, steel manufacturing etc.

IndianOil has initiated a scientifically designed program to undertake operational trials of 15 Fuel Cell buses powered by Green hydrogen on the identified routes in Delhi, Haryana and U.P. Under this program, first set of 2 fuel cell buses are being launched on 25.09.2023 (Monday) from India Gate. This project is the first ever initiative in India to dispense green hydrogen at 350 bar to operate fuel cell buses. IndianOil has also established a state-of-the-art dispensing facility at our R&D Faridabad campus that can refuel green hydrogen produced from electrolysis using solar PV panels.

Upon the launch of these 2 buses, a cumulative mileage of more than 3 lakh kilometres will be covered across all buses for long term assessment of performance and durability of this new technology. The data thus generated through these rigorous trials will act as a national repository that will shape the future of zero emission mobility in the country powered by green hydrogen.