Jakson Green and Onix Renewable win SECI green ammonia auctions
Author: PPD Team Date: August 19, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: August 19, 2025
Jakson Green has secured capacity in the 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 85,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) of green ammonia to Coromandel International Limited in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, at a tariff of Rs 50.75 per kg. This was the sixth auction in a series of 13 planned tenders, covering a cumulative procurement capacity of 724,000 tonnes per year.
Onix Renewable also won under the same programme, with a commitment to supply 50,000 TPA of green ammonia to Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers and Chemicals in Bharuch, Gujarat, for ten years. The tariff for this capacity was Rs 52.50 per kg. This was the fifth auction in the series.
Earlier in August, the consortium of SCC Infrastructure and InSolare was awarded the capacity to supply 70,000 TPA of green ammonia to Madhya Bharat Agro Products-III in Dhule, Maharashtra.
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