Hero Future Energies (HFE), the renewable energy arm of the Hero Group, has received the Innovation in Climate Change Award at the 16th Aegis Graham Bell Awards, supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. The Aegis Graham Bell Awards recognise innovation in technology and emerging solutions addressing key societal and sustainability challenges.

The award recognises HFE’s Green Hydrogen project at Rockman Industries’ manufacturing facility in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The initiative blends green hydrogen with PNG/LPG in industrial furnace applications, demonstrating a pathway for reducing emissions in hard-to-abate industrial processes while establishing a scalable model for clean energy use in manufacturing.

With an annual green hydrogen production capacity of 25 tonnes per annum (TPA), the project enables hydrogen blending with LPG and PNG in industrial furnaces. This results in an estimated reduction of 206 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, while maintaining operational efficiency. The initiative provides a replicable model for decarbonising sectors such as metals, cement, petrochemicals and heavy manufacturing, supporting India’s clean energy transition and industrial sustainability goals.

Srivatsan Iyer, Global CEO, Hero Future Energies, said, “Decarbonising 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 is developing Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) solutions in India by integrating solar, wind and energy storage to deliver reliable renewable power. With a global portfolio of approximately 7.2 GW of operational and pipeline renewable energy assets, the company develops, owns and operates renewable energy projects backed by long-term power purchase agreements with central and state utilities, SECI, and commercial and industrial customers.