NTPC has floated a tender for setting up a hydrogen refueling station for the Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, under the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) mode.

Bids must be submitted by March 27, 2025. Bids will be opened on March 28.

Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹2 million (~$23,290) and a bid document fee of ₹7,875 (~$91.74).

The scope of work entails the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing, and commissioning of a hydrogen fueling station, along with associated civil and architectural works.

Selected bidders must also provide operation and maintenance services for 10 years.

The facility will be integrated with an NTPC-provided 18 kg/hr electrolyzer system. It will include a hydrogen compression system capable of compressing hydrogen to 500 bars with a rated 20 kg/hr capacity.

The hydrogen storage facility will be designed to store 540 kg of hydrogen at 500 bars in cylinder cascades. The station will also feature a hydrogen dispenser system for refueling fuel cell electric vehicles at 350 bars.

Other critical infrastructure includes a nitrogen generation system, a battery energy storage system of 80 kW/600 kWh capacity, a 40 kW solar rooftop installation, and a 20 kW vertical wind turbine.

Bidders must have designed, supplied, erected, and commissioned a hydrogen refueling station, or they must have EPC experience in hydrogen generation, refining, petrochemical, oil and gas, chemical, fertilizer, power, or metallurgy sectors, handling at least one total petroleum hydrocarbon of hydrogen capacity.

Bidders must have a minimum average annual turnover of ₹188 million (~$2.19 million) over the last three financial years.

As of the last financial year, they must have a minimum net worth of 100% of their paid-up share capital.

Bidders who are collaborators or associates must have a minimum turnover of ₹19 million (~$221,255) over the last three financial years. They must have a net worth of at least 100% of their paid-up share capital.

Bidders must be Class-I local suppliers, defined under the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017.

Earlier this year, NTPC Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy, issued a tender to develop green hydrogen generation unit/electrolyzer for a 1 MW green hydrogen mobility project in Kandla, Gujarat.

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