Reliance to set up a Fuel Cell Giga Factory in India

RIL will be investing Rs. 75,000 crore into new energy and new materials business over the next 3 years .

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) plans to set up a Fuel Cell Giga Factory as part of a larger Rs. 75,000 crore investment into new energy and new materials business.

Hydrogen fuel cells can be used to power automobiles in a sustainable and clean manner. A fuel cell uses oxygen from the air and hydrogen to generate electricity. The only by-product of the process is water vapour. Fuel cells can also be used to power data centres, telecom towers, emergency generators, microgrids and industrial equipment.

RIL will also set up solar power plants with an aim of generating 100 GW of solar energy by 2030. The company will be exploring advanced electrochemical technologies that can be used for large-scale grid batteries to store energy. These batteries will be produced at the Advanced Energy Storage Giga Factory.

RIL is also investing in an Electrolyser Giga Factory that will manufacture modular electrolysers. These can be used for the captive production of hydrogen.

These factories will be part of the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex spread over 5,000 acres in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

Source: LiveMint