Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy Shri Shripad Yesso Naik has submitted a written report in Rajya Sabha, saying that the government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with the objective of making India a global hub of production, usage, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
The following initiatives have been undertaken under the mission:
- 3000 MW per annum electrolyser manufacturing capacity and 862,000 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen production capacity, have been awarded
- Prices have been discovered by Solar Energy Corporation of India for the production and supply of 724,000 MTPA of green ammonia (a derivative of green hydrogen) to 13 fertilizer units across India.
- 20,000 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen production and supply capacity has been awarded for supply to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.
- Five pilot projects have been sanctioned for the use of hydrogen in the steel sector.
- V. O. Chidambaranar Port Authority has awarded a project for the development of a bunkering and refueling facility for green methanol at the port.
- Five pilot projects have been sanctioned for deployment of 37 hydrogen-fueled vehicles with 9 Hydrogen Refueling Stations (HRS) across 10 different routes across India.
- Four projects have been awarded to be developed as Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters (HVICs), namely, Jodhpur hydrogen valley, Odisha hydrogen valley, Pune hydrogen valley, and Kerala hydrogen valley.
- Twenty-three (23) projects have been sanctioned as part of the Research and Development (R&D) scheme of NGHM.
- Five projects (5 nos.) have been sanctioned for the establishment of testing facilities.
MNRE has also advised states to incorporate provisions related to green hydrogen in their policies. Several states have taken proactive steps in this regard, details of which are as follows:
Dedicated Green Hydrogen policies notified by the states of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal;
Facilitative provisions under the Renewable Energy or Energy or Industrial policies have been included by the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
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