Industrial decarbonization gains ground as Hero Future Energies earns Aegis Graham Bell Award

The recognition follows Hero Future Energies’ green hydrogen project at Rockman Industries’ Tirupati facility, where hydrogen blending in industrial furnaces is projected to cut 206 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, with Global CEO Srivatsan Iyer calling industrial decarbonization one of the most critical challenges in the energy transition.

A new push toward industrial decarbonization has drawn attention after Hero Future Energies received the Innovation in Climate Change Award at the 16th Aegis Graham Bell Awards for its green hydrogen project at Rockman Industries’ manufacturing facility in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, the awards recognise technology driven solutions addressing sustainability and wider societal challenges.
The project is built around blending green hydrogen with PNG and LPG in industrial furnace applications, offering a practical model for reducing emissions in processes that are typically difficult to decarbonise. By integrating green hydrogen into an existing manufacturing environment, the initiative points to a workable clean energy pathway for industrial operations without affecting efficiency.

With an annual green hydrogen production capacity of 25 tonnes per annum, the project enables hydrogen blending in industrial furnaces and is estimated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 206 tonnes each year. The model is intended to serve as a replicable approach for sectors such as metals, cement, petrochemicals, and heavy manufacturing, where cutting emissions remains a complex challenge.
Srivatsan Iyer, Global CEO, Hero Future Energies, said, “Decarbonizing industrial processes is one of the most critical challenges in the global energy transition. Our green hydrogen project at Rockman Industries demonstrates how emerging clean technologies can be integrated into existing industrial systems to meaningfully reduce emissions. At Hero Future Energies, we remain focused on developing scalable clean energy solutions that accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.”

Hero Future Energies, the renewable energy arm of the Hero Group, is also expanding its role in firm and dispatchable renewable energy solutions in India by combining solar, wind, and energy storage. The company has a global portfolio of about 7.2 GW of operational and pipeline renewable energy assets and works with central and state utilities, SECI, and commercial and industrial customers through long term power purchase agreements.
Established in 2012, Hero Future Energies has built a renewable energy and storage portfolio spanning India, Ukraine, Vietnam, and the UK. Alongside wind and solar assets, its portfolio includes hybrid power, peak power, firm and dispatchable renewable energy, energy storage, and green hydrogen. The company also works with commercial and industrial sectors including chemicals, refining, manufacturing, steel, cement, and transportation as they pursue net zero transition goals.

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