Tata Steel becomes India’s 1st steel company to develop steel pipes for transportation of hydrogen
Mumbai: Tata Steel has become India's first company to achieve end-to-end capabilities to develop pipes for the transportation of hydrogen, the company said in a press release.
"The API X65 ERW pipes processed at Tata Steel’s Khopoli plant, using the steel manufactured at the Company’s Kalinganagar plant, successfully achieved all the critical properties required for hydrogen transportation," the company said in a press release.
"This is a significant milestone towards achieving the country’s National Hydrogen Mission," said Tata Steel.
The hydrogen qualification tests were carried out at RINA-CSM S.p.A, Italy, a leading approving agency for hydrogen-related testing and characterisation.
The new hydrogen-compliant API X65 grade pipes can be used for the transportation of 100% pure gaseous hydrogen under high pressure (100 bar).
Prabhat Kumar, Vice President - Marketing & Sales (Flat Products), Tata Steel, said: “The successful testing of the new ERW pipes demonstrates our capabilities to deliver critical physical infrastructure for the energy sector, domestically."
The complete technology development, from the design and development of the hot rolled steel to the pipe manufacturing, was done entirely in-house, the company said.
In 2024, Tata Steel also became the first Indian steel company to produce hot-rolled steel for the transportation of gaseous hydrogen.
National Hydrogen Mission will enable India to build capabilities to produce at least 5 million metric tonnes (MMT) of Green Hydrogen per annum by 2030, with the potential to reach 10 MMT per annum with additional demand for exports which would require substantial investments in generation and transportation.
The demand for steel compliant with hydrogen transportation is expected to start from 2026-27, with the total steel requirement of 350KT spanning over the next five to seven years.
While various mechanisms of hydrogen transportation are available, steel pipelines are considered economically more viable for mass transportation.
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