The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is inviting bids for 500,000 tonne-per-year (tpa) green methanol supply contracts under the country’s National Green Hydrogen Mission.
Awarded on a cost-based competitive basis, the 10-year contracts will provide successful bidders with incentives under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) program – the mission’s primary support mechanism.
The green methanol must be produced at projects evidentially powered by renewable energy from co-located renewable assets, remote renewable plants, third-party PPAs or power exchanges.
Green methanol, or e-methanol, is produced by combining green hydrogen with captured carbon dioxide.
SECI will act as its intermediary buyer, selling it on to procurers across the Indian market.
The tender marks SIGHT’s first green methanol-focused procurement round, following previous awards covering 724,000 tonnes of green ammonia supply, which came under scrutiny for bidding prices viewed as extremely low.
Primarily used as a low-carbon fuel and industrial feedstock, green methanol is being viewed as a potential clean fuel in the maritime sector and as a hydrogen carrier for storage and transport.
Last month, renewables firm Jakson Green finalised an 85,000tpa green ammonia purchase agreement, having won SECI’s supply auction in August 2025.
The country has been positioning itself to become a prominent supplier of green hydrogen derivatives to consumptive markets like Europe.
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