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VOC Port Hosts India’s First Port Green Hydrogen Plant

9 September 20251 min read
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYVOC Port HostsIndia’s First PortGreen HydrogenPlant9 September 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

A Union Minister inaugurated a pilot green hydrogen unit at VOC Port, Tuticorin, the first Indian port to make green hydrogen.

Key facts

  • Capacity: 10 Nm³ per hour; cost: ₹3.87 crore.
  • Umbrella: Coastal Green Shipping Corridor Project (Kandla-Tuticorin); aligned with Viksit Bharat 2047 and Sagarmala.
  • Uses: power for streetlights and EV charging in the port colony.
  • Aim: make VOC a green bunkering hub for South India.

About VOC Port

  • One of India’s 13 major ports, on the Coromandel Coast; called Tuticorin Port until renamed in 2011 after V.O. Chidambaranar.
  • Over ₹16,000 crore invested under Sagarmala.

Exam angle

  • Location: Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu; scheme: Sagarmala.
  • Capacity 10 Nm³/hr; cost ₹3.87 crore.

Test yourself

1. Where was India's first port-based green hydrogen pilot project inaugurated?

The notes place the pilot at V.O. Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin.

2. What is the capacity of the green hydrogen pilot at VOC Port?

Capacity stated is 10 Nm³ per hour.

3. The VOC Port pilot is part of which corridor project?

It falls under the Kandla-Tuticorin coastal green shipping corridor.

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