Set up by its subsidiary EH Group Systems Pvt, the lab based at the IITM Research Park in Chennai, India is aimed at accelerating the development of the company’s fuel cell product, with a primary focus on its proprietary control systems software.

The facility will be led by Anand Vasappanavara, Principal Control/Automation Engineer, who has had experience in designing fuel cell system control development programmes at major OEMs before joining EH Group in 2019.

“India is demonstrating its ambition to be a leader in hydrogen technologies, as witnessed by strong policy support and industrial investment announcements,” said Mardit Matian, founder of EH Group. “Our goal is not only to support our fuel cell technology development but better service our clients in the rapidly growing hydrogen sector in India.”

Last week (January 4), India approved a comprehensive $2bn incentive plan to boost its green hydrogen development, seeing financial mechanisms targeting domestic manufacturing of electrolysers and production of green hydrogen.

Read more: India approves $2bn incentive plan to boost green hydrogen

Christopher Brandon, co-founder of EH Group, added, “The time has never been better to invest in the hydrogen ecosystem in India. We are excited to benefit from its deep talent pool and to accelerate India’s journey towards decarbonisation and greater energy independence.”

Last year (2022), EH Group revealed it had raised over $5m in Pre-Series A funding to enable the company to expand production of its hydrogen technologies and develop commercial fuel cell stack products.

Read more: EH Group raises $5m to support commercial development of its hydrogen fuel cell technology