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Hans India
09-07-2025
- Automotive
- Hans India
Hyundai Motor India & IIT Madras Unveil the Design of Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre
Strategic collaboration between HMIL, IIT Madras and Guidance Tamil Nadu signed in January 2024 during The Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet 2024 Executing the same, a combined commitment of INR 100 Crore by HMIL and HMIF is made towards the development of this state-of-the-art green hydrogen research facility spread across 65,000 sq. ft. This funding is part of the total project cost of INR 180 Crore Located at IIT Madras' Discovery Satellite Campus at Thaiyur; to be operational by 2026 The design of the Centre was unveiled by Thiru. T.R.B. Rajaa, Hon'ble Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamil Nadu Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and Guidance Tamil Nadu, today unveiled the design of the Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre – a state-of-the-art Research & Development hub poised to serve as a catalyst for innovation in the field of green hydrogen technology and its ecosystem. Unveiled by Thiru. T.R.B. Rajaa, Hon'ble Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamil Nadu, the centre is being developed with the support of the state government and will be located within the Discovery Satellite Campus of IIT Madras at Thaiyur, Chennai. This milestone marks the next phase in HMIL's INR 100 Crore commitment to pioneering green hydrogen innovation in India. This funding made by HMIL partially through Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF) as part of its CSR initiatives, underscores Hyundai's dedication to advancing clean energy and fostering sustainable innovation in India. Scale Model of Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre which was unveiled at Discovery - the Satellite Campus of IIT Madras, located in Thaiyur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. IIT Madras will house this Centre, spread across a sprawling 65,000 sq. ft. area at its Discovery Campus at Thaiyur, featuring advanced computational and experimental laboratories. The development of digital twins of hydrogen infrastructure, along with customized test rigs and fabrication lines, will contribute to the pilot-level evaluation of electrolyzers and fuel cells. It will also host test zones for containerised pilot demonstrators for industrial-scale products. Speaking at the design unveil ceremony, Thiru. T.R.B. Rajaa, Hon'ble Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce - Government of Tamil Nadu, said, 'What Hyundai Motor India and IIT Madras' efforts bring to my mind is the amazing capabilities of India and we are here to celebrate just that. The possibilities that are here in this amazing place and the possibilities that the rest of the world is only now looking up. The Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre is a crucial step towards indigenous hydrogen production.' The Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre plaque being unveiled at Discovery - the Satellite Campus of IIT Madras, located in Thaiyur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu Unsoo Kim, Managing Director - Hyundai Motor India Limited, added, 'At Hyundai, we believe hydrogen is a key pillar in achieving global carbon neutrality. With the Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre, we aim to foster an open platform for knowledge exchange by facilitating collaboration between global expertise and the local green hydrogen ecosystem. This initiative demonstrates our commitment to 'Make in India' by empowering local innovation, nurturing talent, and supporting the development of scalable, affordable, and sustainable hydrogen solutions. Our collaboration with IIT Madras and the Government of Tamil Nadu reflects our long-term vision of advancing India's clean energy future and establishing a strong foundation for a hydrogen-powered tomorrow.' Highlighting the role of the Institute in this project, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director - IIT Madras, said, 'This Centre will work with all the stakeholders of the hydrogen sector at the global level including academia, national R&D laboratories, industries and policymakers. This will make India Atmanirbhar Bharat in the hydrogen sector. It will greatly contribute to sustainability and provide a boost to the nation's decarbonization initiatives that target Net Zero by 2070. This Centre can accelerate the efforts to achieve these targets.' Aligned with the Government of India's vision of energy independence by 2047, the facility will also drive R&D and demonstration activities to accelerate readiness and adoption across the green hydrogen value chain, making the Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre a national hub for cost-effective, scalable hydrogen innovation. The occasion was further graced by the presence of esteemed guests including Mr. Chang-nyun Kim, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chennai; Gopalakrishnan CS, Whole-time Director & Chief Manufacturing Officer - HMIL; JW Ryu, Function Head - HMIL; Dr. Ashish Lele, Director - CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune; Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Dean (ACR) - IIT Madras; and Project Principal Investigator Dr. Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering - IIT Madras; along with other key stakeholders from government, academia and industry. Building on Hyundai Motor Group's hydrogen brand and business platform - HTWO, the Centre is envisioned as a hub for industrial-scale hydrogen research and innovation. Leveraging HTWO's comprehensive expertise across the entire hydrogen value chain - from production and storage to application - as well as its role as an open platform for collaboration, investment and partnership, the facility will focus on advancing hydrogen solutions in the mobility and power sectors. With a strong emphasis on localisation of the hydrogen value chain, pilot infrastructure development, and public-private collaboration, the Centre aims to accelerate the growth of a viable hydrogen economy. Beyond R&D, the facility is expected to play a critical role in developing India's skilled hydrogen workforce and supporting Government of India's vision of building an Atmanirbhar & Viksit Bharat.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Hyundai India unveils HTWO Innovation Centre at IIT Madras to propel green hydrogen R&D
The upcoming 65,000 sq. ft. centre, to be located within the Discovery Campus of IIT Madras at Thaiyur, Chennai, marks a significant milestone in Hyundai 's ₹100 crore commitment to foster hydrogen innovation and sustainability in India. Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), in collaboration with IIT Madras and Guidance Tamil Nadu, unveiled the design of its Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre—an advanced research and development facility dedicated to green hydrogen technology. The upcoming 65,000 sq. ft. centre, to be located within the Discovery Campus of IIT Madras at Thaiyur, Chennai, marks a significant milestone in Hyundai's ₹100 crore commitment to foster hydrogen innovation and sustainability in India. Unveiled by Thiru. T.R.B. Rajaa, Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamil Nadu, the facility will serve as a hub for advanced computational labs, pilot-level test rigs, and containerised demonstrators for industrial-scale hydrogen products, stated the company. Developed in part through HMIL's CSR arm, Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the initiative underscores the company's vision to power India's clean energy transition. Unsoo Kim, MD of HMIL, said, 'This initiative reflects Hyundai's commitment to 'Make in India' and our long-term vision to build scalable, affordable, and sustainable hydrogen solutions for the future.' Collaborative Platform for National Hydrogen Goals The HTWO Innovation Centre is developed in part through HMIL's CSR arm, Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF). It is designed to be a collaborative platform uniting industry, academia, R&D institutions, and policymakers. Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, emphasised the centre's role in contributing to India's Net Zero targets by 2070, calling it a cornerstone for 'Atmanirbhar Bharat in the hydrogen sector.' Aligned with the Government of India's energy independence vision for 2047, the centre aims to develop digital twins of hydrogen infrastructure, improve electrolyser and fuel cell technologies, and enable pilot-scale evaluations. The facility also seeks to bridge talent gaps by nurturing a skilled hydrogen workforce and expanding the hydrogen value chain through public-private partnerships.
Time of India
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Hyundai, IIT-M join hands to set up Rs 180 cr hydrogen research hub in TN
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Tamil Nadu Industries Minister T R B Rajaa on Tuesday unveiled the design for the Rs 180-crore ' Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre '-a hydrogen research hub to be established at the Discovery Campus of the Indian Institute of Technology initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Tamil Nadu government, Hyundai Motor India , and IIT Madras , formalised during the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet in January state-of-the-art R&D hub aims to serve as a catalyst for innovation in green hydrogen technology and its ecosystem. The centre is expected to be operational by design was unveiled at an event in Chennai by Minister Rajaa, in the presence of senior government officials and Hyundai Motor India MD Unsoo Kim."What the efforts of Hyundai Motor India and IIT Madras bring to my mind are the incredible capabilities of India, and we are here to celebrate exactly that. The possibilities that exist in this remarkable place are only now being recognised by the rest of the world," Rajaa said at the Tamil Nadu's role in national growth, he said the State is India's auto, electronics, and tech capital, driven by its strong talent base and culture of embracing education. "That's what IIT Madras represents-celebrating human capital and showing how people can be changemakers," he expressed hope that Tamil Nadu would become not just India's, but Asia's R&D capital."We should leapfrog into the future and solve tomorrow's problems-that's what we're doing here," he to Hyundai officials, 'HTWO' stands for 'H2' (the hydrogen molecule), while also symbolising 'Hydrogen' and 'Humanity' -the twin pillars of Hyundai's fuel cell business."HTWO is Hyundai's global identity for this initiative," a company official told Motor India MD Unsoo Kim said hydrogen is a key pillar in achieving global carbon neutrality "With the Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre, we aim to foster an open platform for knowledge exchange by enabling collaboration between global expertise and India's green hydrogen ecosystem."He added that the initiative reflects Hyundai Motor India's commitment to 'Make in India' by empowering local innovation, nurturing talent, and supporting the development of scalable, affordable, and sustainable hydrogen across 65,000 sq ft at IIT Madras' Thaiyur campus, the Centre will feature advanced computational and experimental will focus on the development of digital twins of hydrogen infrastructure, customised test rigs, and fabrication lines, enabling pilot-level evaluation of electrolysers and fuel cells. The facility will also host test zones for containerised demonstrators of industrial-scale Madras Director V Kamakoti said the centre will engage with stakeholders across the hydrogen ecosystem-including academia, R&D labs, industry, and policymakers-at a global level."This initiative will support India's Atmanirbhar Bharat goals in the hydrogen sector and significantly contribute to sustainability and decarbonisation targets aimed at achieving Net Zero by 2070," Kamakoti facility will focus on advancing hydrogen solutions in the mobility and power sectors, with a strong emphasis on localisation of the hydrogen value chain, public-private collaboration, and pilot infrastructure development. PTI
The Hindu
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Hindu
IIT-M and Hyundai's innovation centre seeks to cut production cost of hydrogen fuel
The Hyundai HTWO Innovation Centre, a research and development hub, will seek to develop indigenous technologies to be able to produce and use hydrogen as a green fuel. Once fully functional in two years, the centre will be able to generate hydrogen from biomass and through electrolysis method to be used as green fuel for various uses such as transportation vehicles. The centre is a result of a collaboration between Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), and Guidance Tamil Nadu, the State government's nodal agency for investment promotion. Coming up in an area of 65,000 on the IIT-M Discovery Campus in Thaiyur, the innovation centre, being built at a cost of ₹180 crore, is said to be one of the first industry-institute-government collaborative ventures in the field of clean energy in the country. HMIL has pledged ₹100 crore for the project. The design for the centre was unveiled on Tuesday by T.R.B. Rajaa, Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion, and Commerce. He said the venture would seek to reduce the cost of production of hydrogen fuel with the Tamil Nadu government's intervention. He said the government would be able to ensure biomass availability from municipal waste and could tap into the tooling capacity available with the students of the Tamil Nadu Centre of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing (TANCAM) and the Tamil Nadu Smart and Advanced Manufacturing Centre (TNSAM). Mr. Rajaa said the State government was also in the process of setting up a hydrogen cluster in Thoothukudi, where hydrogen molecules would be produced and shipped out to Singapore through the V.O. Chidambaranar Port for use by Japanese shipping agencies. The port was being 'enabled' for this operation, he added. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT-M, said the target for the centre should be to demonstrate in two to three years that a hydrogen-fuelled car would be able to drive from Chennai to Kanniyakumari with refuelling facilities along the way. The centre plans to collaborate with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) to develop low-cost and efficient technology, and set up hydrogen refuelling plants in various parts of the State. Mr. Kamakoti said the generation of hydrogen from biomass will come as a possible mode of income generation for farmers. At present, hydrogen fuel costs $5 per kg and could fuel a vehicle for 20 km to 25 km. The innovation centre seeks to bring the cost down to $2 per kg. The way forward, Mr. Kamakoti said, would be to set up decentralised hydrogen hubs at sites close to the source of renewable energy required to run the plants. Unsoo Kim, Managing Director, HMIL, said the focus of the collaboration was to promote localisation of the entire value chain and build a robust and inclusive hydrogen economy, which supports India's clean energy ambitions. Ashish Lele, director, CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Gopalakrishnan C.S., whole-time director and chief manufacturing officer, HMIL, Ashwin Mahalingam, dean (alumni and corporate relations), IIT-M, and Aravind Kumar Chandiran, principal project investigator and associate professor, chemical engineering, IIT-M, spoke.
