Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has invited bids to set up a 5MW electrolyzer and associated system for producing green hydrogen and hydrogen blending with natural gas in the city gas distribution network. The last date to submit the bids is July 6, 2022. Bids will be opened on the same day.

The city gas distribution network project envisages the marketing of piped natural gas to various customers in domestic, commercial & industrial segments and compressed natural gas to the automotive segment. Bharat Petroleum intends to install a 5 MW electrolyzer system to set up a green hydrogen production facility in a phased manner in one of its city gas distribution projects. The green hydrogen produced will be blended with natural gas in the existing steel pipeline network.