ACME Cleantech wins fifth SECI green ammonia auction
Author: PPD Team Date: August 28, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: August 28, 2025
ACME Cleantech Solutions Private Limited (ACME) has been declared the winner of Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) green ammonia auction under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Programme (Mode-2A–Tranche-I). The company will supply 25,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) of green ammonia to Paradeep Phosphates Limited, Zuarinagar (Goa), at a tariff of Rs 62.84 per kg.
This win is ACME’s fifth in a planned series of 13 green ammonia auctions, which collectively aim to procure 724,000 TPA of green ammonia.
The SECI auction marks the tenth in its ongoing series. Earlier in August 2025, ACME won the ninth auction to supply 100,000 TPA to IFFCO Paradeep at Rs 49.75 per kg. The company also won the seventh auction to supply 50,000 TPA to Coromandel International Limited in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for 10 years. In July 2025, it secured the auction to supply 75,000 TPA to Paradeep Phosphates in Odisha.
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