Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) to identify power suppliers for its refinery in Golaghat, Assam. The company is seeking about 100 MW of fully dispatchable power, with a minimum of 20 MW from renewable sources, to support a green hydrogen project. NRL also requires an additional 100 MW of power from FY26 onwards.

Bids must be submitted by April 07, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day.

The scope of work entails delivering power to NRL at the interconnection point with the state transmission utility at the refinery’s 220 kV substation. It also includes supplying renewable or non-renewable energy to NRL per the load demand, which may vary from time to time.

The projects must be commissioned by September 2025 for the 20 MW renewable energy component, by August 2025 for the 220 kV substation, and by December 2025 for the overall Numaligarh Refinery expansion project.

Bidders must be power generation companies, distribution companies, or licensed power traders capable of supplying renewable or non-renewable energy.

They must possess a cumulative operational capacity of at least 50 MW within India.

Bidders must have had a minimum net worth of ₹750 million (~$8.76 million) over the past three years. Bidders providing renewable and non-renewable energy must also have a net worth of ₹3.75 billion (~$43.82 million).

In August 2024, NRL floated a tender to install a 1,000 MTPA green hydrogen generation unit on a build, own, and operate basis and supply of gaseous green hydrogen at Numaligharh, Assam.

The company aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 1.019 MMTPA with initiatives including setting up a 2.4 KTPA green hydrogen plant to replace 5% of the existing grey hydrogen production. It plans to use 50 MW renewable power in its refinery power mix and increase green hydrogen production by 15 KTPA by 2030 and 20 KTPA by 2035.

NRL procured 20,596 renewable energy certificates in PXIL trading platform to comply with the renewable power purchase obligation for FY23 and FY24 under captive power project owner category.

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