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					</table><p>Reliance Electrolyzer Manufacturing (<a href="https://www.ril.com/businesses/new-energy-materials#:~:text=Energy%20storage%20and%20Green%20Hydrogen%20production&amp;text=For%20large%20scale%20and%20cost,giga%2Dscale%20electrolyser%20manufacturing%20facility." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reliance</a>), <a href="https://hydrogen.johncockerill.com/en/products/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cockerill Green Hydrogen Solutions</a>, <a href="https://www.jindalindia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jindal India</a>, and <a href="https://www.adani.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adani New Industries</a> were among the winners of Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (<a href="https://www.seci.co.in/">SECI</a>) tender to set up 1.5 GW of electrolyzer manufacturing capacities across India.</p>
<p>The manufacturing capacities will be set up under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (<a href="https://mnre.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MNRE</a>) Tranche-I of the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) program.</p>
<p>The tender <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/seci-rfs-1-5-gw-electrolyzer-manufacturing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floated</a> in July sought proposals under two buckets</p>
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<li>Electrolyzer manufacturing capacity based on any stack technology (1,200 MW) and</li>
<li>Electrolyzer manufacturing capacity based on indigenously developed stack technology (300 MW).</li>
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<p>Under Bucket I, Reliance, John Cockerill, and Jindal India won 300 MW per year capacity with a maximum incentive allocation of ₹4.44 billion (~$53.6 million) each.</p>
<p>Other winners included <a href="https://www.ohmium.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohmium Operations</a>, who won 137 MW/annum for a maximum incentive allocation of ₹2.03 billion (~$24.51 million), <a href="https://advaitinfra.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Advait Infratech</a> (consortium with <a href="https://rajeshpower.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rajesh Power Service</a>) won 100 MW with an incentive allocation of ₹1.48 billion (~$17.87 million).</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lntgreen.com/our-businesses/green-manufacturing-electrolyser/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">L&amp;T Electrolyzers</a> won 63 MW out of the 300 MW per annum quoted capacity with an incentive allocation of ₹932.4 million (~$11.26 million).</p>
<p>The total bids received for Bucket I were 2,842 MW per annum.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-62218" src="https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-I-Auction-Results.png" alt="SECI Electrolyzer Bucket I Auction Results" width="763" height="341" srcset="https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-I-Auction-Results.png 763w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-I-Auction-Results-300x134.png 300w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-I-Auction-Results-650x290.png 650w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-I-Auction-Results-624x279.png 624w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-I-Auction-Results-600x268.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px" /></p>
<p>Under Bucket II, <a href="https://www.h2epower.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Homihydrogen</a> won 101.5 MW/annum capacity with an incentive allocation of ₹1.5 billion (~$18.11 million), and Adani New Industries won 198.5 MW/annum capacity with an incentive allocation of ₹2.94 billion (~$35.49 million).</p>
<p>Adani had quoted for 300 MW/annum capacity.</p>
<p>The total bids received for Bucket II were 486.5 MW/annum.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-62219" src="https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results.png" alt="SECI Electrolyzer Bucket II Auction Results" width="817" height="230" srcset="https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results.png 817w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results-300x84.png 300w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results-768x216.png 768w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results-650x183.png 650w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results-624x176.png 624w, https://mercomindia.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SECI-Electrolyzer-Bucket-II-Auction-Results-600x169.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px" /></p>
<p>The selected bidder must set up the manufacturing facilities within 24 months of receiving the letter of award.</p>
<p>The guaranteed life of electrolyzers must be at least 60,000 hours.</p>
<p>According to the tender, the bidders who win less than 300 MW in the first bucket will be considered for the balance capacity under the second bucket.</p>
<p>The maximum incentive allocation under both buckets is for the entire incentive period.</p>
<p>The base incentive for both buckets will start at ₹4,440 (~$53.13)/kW in the first year and progressively reduce to ₹3,700 (~$44.68)/kW in the second year, ₹2,960 (~$35.74)/kW in the third year, ₹2,220 (~$26.81)/kW in the fourth year, and ₹1,480 (~$17.87)/kW in the fifth year.</p>
<p>Mercom recently <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/greenko-acme-reliance-winners-secis-green-hydrogen-auction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the winners of the green hydrogen production auction under the SIGHT program.</p>


Reliance, Jindal, Adani Among Winners of SECI’s Electrolyzer Manufacturing Auction


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					</table><p>The Solar Energy Corporation of India (<a href="https://www.seci.co.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SECI</a>) has issued a request for selection (RfS) of electrolyzer manufacturers for setting up 1.5 GW of electrolyzer manufacturing capacities in India under Tranche-I of the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Program.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is September 5, 2023. Bids will be opened on September 8.</p>
<p>Bidders must submit a bid processing fee of ₹1.5 million (~$18,153) and an earnest money deposit of ₹740,000 (~$8,955)/MW of the quoted capacity.</p>
<p>The successful bidders must submit a performance bank guarantee of ₹1.48 million (~$17,911)/MW of the allotted capacity within 15 days of receiving the notification of the award.</p>
<p>Under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (<a href="https://mnre.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MNRE</a>) SIGHT program, the government has <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/ministry-175-billion-program-green-hydrogen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allotted</a> ₹44.4 billion (~$537.33 million) as incentives for electrolyzer manufacturing.</p>
<p>SECI will act as the implementing agency for the transparent selection process and provide incentives based on the capacity calculated per kW.</p>
<p>The base incentive will start at ₹4,440 (~$54)/kW in the first year and progressively reduce to ₹3,700 (~$45)/kW in the second year, ₹2,960 (~$36)/kW in the third year, ₹2,220 (~$27)/kW in the fourth year, and ₹1,480 (~$18)/kW in the fifth year.</p>
<p>The bids are invited under two buckets – (i) Electrolyzer manufacturing capacity based on any stack technology (1200 MW) and (ii) Electrolyzer manufacturing capacity based on indigenously developed stack technology (300 MW).</p>
<p>Bidders submitting offers for the first bucket must bid for a minimum of 100 MW and a maximum of 300 MW manufacturing capacity. For the second bucket, bidders can submit offers for up to 300 MW manufacturing capacity.</p>
<p>Bidders will be allowed to bid for either or both the buckets. The bids for the first bucket will be decided first, and the maximum capacity allotted to a single bidder will be limited to 300 MW.</p>
<p>The bidders who win less than 300 MW in the first bucket will be considered for the balance capacity under the second bucket.</p>
<p>The selected bidder must set up the manufacturing facilities within 24 months of receiving the letter of award.</p>
<p>Bidders will be evaluated based on two crucial parameters to encourage efficient and high-quality electrolyzers in India.</p>
<p>The first parameter is the Specific Energy Consumption (SEC), which directly impacts the cost of green hydrogen production. The incentives will consider SEC as a determining factor, which should be equal to or less than 56 kWh/kg of green hydrogen production.</p>
<p>The second parameter is local value addition, where bidders must demonstrate a progressive increase in local value addition ranging from 40% to 80% for alkaline electrolyzers and 30% to 70% for proton exchange membrane/anion exchange membrane/solid oxide electrolyzers, year by year.</p>
<p>Bidders must specify their annual manufacturing capacity, committed SEC for each year, and committed local value addition.</p>
<p>The guaranteed life of electrolyzers must be at least 60,000 hrs.</p>
<p>To be eligible, the net worth of the bidders for the financial year 2022-23 must be equal to or greater than ₹10 million (~$121,020)/ MW of the quoted capacity.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, the MNRE <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/draft-roadmap-india-green-hydrogen-ecosystem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> a draft roadmap outlining the research and development priorities for manufacturing and storing green hydrogen.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Mercom’s <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a> to stay on top of real-time tender activity.</p>


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