India's NTPC Invests US$5.5 Billion in South Asia's Chemical Industry

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), India's leading power-generation company, is investing about US$5.46 billion in 15 capital-spending projects across South Asia's Chemical Industry. Six of these projects, totaling US$2.12 billion of investment, are in the industrial gases sector, while two projects worth US$2 billion are in the agrochemicals sector.

NTPC's biggest investment is its upcoming green hydrogen and derivatives complex in Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh, which is designed to produce green hydrogen, green ammonia and green methanol using renewable energy. The project, now in its earliest stages, is to be developed in two phases set to wrap up in 2030.

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NTPC is also setting up a CO2-to-green methanol plant in Vindhyachal, Madhya Pradesh, which will produce green hydrogen and green methanol. Both units are under construction and are expected to become operational by the end of first-quarter 2024. Subscribers can learn more from detailed plant profile and can click here for a list of related project reports.

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