VOC Port Becomes India’s First Port to Produce Green Hydrogen and Surpass 1 MW Solar Power Generation.

National

In August 2025, V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port located in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, became the first Indian port to successfully produce green hydrogen and generate more than 1 Megawatt (MW) of rooftop solar power.


      - The milestone was announced by Sushant Kumar Purohit, IRSEE (Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers), Chairperson of VOC Port, during a landmark conference on sustainable maritime development.

      - The announcement was made at the ‘Green Ports and Shipping – Chartering Sustainable Maritime Future’ conference, held in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, to promote green initiatives in the Indian shipping and port sector.

      - The one-day conference was hosted by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) through its NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) Cell-3, which is responsible for Green Initiatives and Pollution Control.

Main Point :-   (i) The event was part of a national series of thematic workshops and roadshows being held in the lead-up to India Maritime Week 2025, scheduled for October 2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

      (ii) Key sessions at the conference focused on Decarbonisation in the Maritime Sector and Green Financing and Policy Frameworks, both aimed at advancing India’s maritime industry toward a net-zero emissions future.


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