The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), acting as the implementing agency for the Green Hydrogen Production programme under Mode-1, Tranche-I (National Green Hydrogen Mission), has announced the commissioning of a green hydrogen production facility at the JSW Vijayanagar Steel Complex in Ballari, Karnataka. The project has been developed by JSW Renewable Energy (Vijayanagar) Limited and has a production capacity of 3,600 tonnes per annum (tpa) of green hydrogen.
The plant is supported by 25 MW-27 MW of round-the-clock (RTC) renewable energy, sourced through a combination of captive solar and wind projects. It uses pressurised alkaline-based electrolysers for hydrogen production. The generated green hydrogen will be used in the Direct Reduced Iron process at JSW Steel. Additionally, the oxygen produced during electrolysis is being utilised in the blast furnace to improve process efficiency and optimise resource use. Moreover, the project has been commissioned significantly ahead of its scheduled commissioning date of February 2027.
In March 2026, SECI issued a request for selection for the supply of 1,000 MW RTC-thermal mimic (TM) power. The power will be supplied from the interstate transmission system-connected renewable energy power projects in India under the SECI-RTC-TM-V scheme. The project will be developed under the build-own-operate model.
