India’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Flagged Off At IOC R&D Centre

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Tata Motors Ltd. have successfully launched demonstration trials of India’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus.

Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India flagged off the bus during the 47th Foundation Day Function of IOC R&D on March 10, 2018 at Faridabad, in presence of Chairman & Board Members of IOC. The project is being executed under the partial financial support from Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

Hydrogen is considered to be the fuel of the future and using fuel cell technology, very high efficiencies can be achieved with water as the only component in the exhaust. To be fuelled at nation’s first hydrogen dispensing faci-lity at R&D Centre of IOC, the vehicle would be subjected to long duration trials to understand the durability and efficacy of the fuel cell technology for mobility applications.

The occasion also marked the inauguration of the Fuel Cell laboratory at IOC’s R&D Centre, which is the leading energy research centre in the country and has pioneered several cutting edge technologies in the downstream petroleum sector.