Mangaluru has added new hydrogen manufacturing capacity with the launch of an electrolyzer production plant at Ganjimath on the city’s outskirts. The facility has an annual production capacity of 20 megawatts and was inaugurated on Thursday by Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chouta and MLA Dr Bharat Shetty, according to Prajavani.
The plant is intended to support rising demand for hydrogen production equipment. The company also unveiled 250-kilowatt anion exchange membrane and proton exchange membrane electrolyzers that were designed, assembled and tested in Mangaluru.
Electrolyzers are central to hydrogen production because they use electricity to separate hydrogen from water. The new facility therefore represents a move beyond the use of hydrogen as an end product and towards local manufacturing of the equipment required to produce it. The supplied report does not specify the plant’s investment, workforce, customer base or expected commercial production schedule.
The launch places Ganjimath within the emerging industrial geography of hydrogen-related manufacturing in coastal Karnataka. The report identifies the facility’s 20 MW annual capacity, but does not provide a project cost, land area or details of planned expansion. It also does not state whether the plant will supply projects within Karnataka or serve customers in other markets.
Speaking at the inauguration, Captain Brijesh Chouta said the development reflected a focus on the ‘Back to Hometown’ concept, which encourages professionals and entrepreneurs to return and contribute to regional development. He said company growth could strengthen the local economy and create employment opportunities.
The employment potential remains an expected benefit rather than a quantified outcome in the information available. No figure for direct or indirect jobs was provided, and the company has not, in the supplied report, disclosed its hiring plans or operating workforce.
The event also included a Hydrogen Innovation Day. Hydgen co-founder and chairman Michael Greisilles said the programme was intended to promote open discussion, practical learning and new partnerships. He said the process would help the company develop its products and make appropriate decisions.
Representatives from Transition VC and AAGM attended the event along with Hydgen chief technology officer Gautham Kumar Dalapathi, chief operating officer Krishna Kumar and corporate director Ramyashree D S. The report names Mohamed Shoeb Ali as the founder of Transition VC and Avishek Kumar as the founder and chief executive officer of AAGM.
The Ganjimath facility’s immediate significance lies in its combination of local design, assembly and testing with a stated annual manufacturing capacity. However, the supplied information does not establish the plant’s production start date beyond the inauguration, its technology partners, power requirements, water needs or the markets it will serve. Further details on commercial operations, employment and customer orders will determine how substantially the facility contributes to Mangaluru’s industrial transition toward hydrogen technologies.
