The Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL) has issued a tender to install a green hydrogen generation unit (GHGU) of 2 KTA capacity on a build, own, and operate (BOO) basis at CPCL’s Manali Refinery, Chennai.

Bids must be submitted by January 17, 2025. Bids will be opened on January 18.

Bidders must furnish a 1% performance guarantee of the project cost.

Selected bidders must source renewable energy from their solar or wind projects or purchase it from third-party energy producers during the contractual period.

They must design, supply, construct, test, and commission electrolyzer packages or steam methane reforming projects based on compressed biogas for generating 2,000 MT of green hydrogen annually on an 8,000-hour basis.

The selected bidders must implement associated facilities, including a power system package, demineralized water package, de-oxidizer package, H2 and O2 purification package, compressor package, and effluent treatment plant package with zero liquid discharge.

Bidders can qualify under the following criteria:

MNRE-1

Bidders must have been awarded a capacity for electrolyzer manufacturing under Mode-1 (Tranche I & II) of the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) program of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

MNRE-2:

Bidders must have been awarded a capacity for hydrogen production under Mode-1 (Tranche I & II) of the SIGHT program.

BOO/BOOT:

Bidders must have completed a project on BOO/build, own, operate, and transfer basis having hydrogen production or generation facilities during the last 15 years.

EPC/LSTK:

Bidders must have executed and completed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), and commissioning lump-sum turnkey contract with single-point responsibility.

The contract must have involved project management, EPC, pre-commissioning, and commissioning or commissioning assistance for a new process or power project in the oil and gas sector, fertilizer or power project during the last 15 years.

Bidders must have a minimum combined capital investment or executed purchase orders of ₹2.55 billion (~$29.64 million).

Bidders must have an annual average turnover of ₹400 million (~$4.6 million) during at least one of the preceding three years.

Bidders must have a net worth greater than or equal to ₹300 million (~$3.4 million).

In August 2024, Numaligarh Refinery floated a tender to install a 1,000 MTPA GHGU on a build, own, and operate basis and supply of gaseous green hydrogen in Assam.

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