Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
(Hon'ble Cabinet Minister)
Shripad Yesso Naik
Shripad Yesso Naik
(Hon'ble Minister of State)

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Becoming a Global Hydrogen Hub

The achievement of Mission objectives requires a comprehensive strategy that coordinates efforts across multiple sectors. The Mission strategy accordingly comprises interventions for: (i) demand creation by making Green Hydrogen produced in India competitive for exports and through domestic consumption. (ii) addressing supply side constraints through an incentive framework, and (iii) building an enabling ecosystem to support scaling and development. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been supporting a broad-based Research Development and Demonstration programme on green hydrogen. Projects are supported in industrial, academic and research institutions to address challenges in production of hydrogen from renewable energy sources, its safe and efficient storage, and its utilization for energy requirements and transport applications through combustion or fuel cells.



National Hydrogen Mission

The National Green Hydrogen Mission aims to provide a comprehensive action plan for establishing a Green Hydrogen ecosystem and catalysing a systemic response to the opportunities and challenges of this sunrise sector.

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Project Database

Get access to information on green hydrogen projects in India. Gain insight into projects under the green hydrogen production, manufacturing of electrolysers and fuel cells and other hydrogen projects of relevance.

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Hydrogen Resources

Stay up to date with the latest policy documents and studies related to green hydrogen economy, green ammonia and petrochemicals, green steel and international offtake.

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Campaign Events

Several events are organised in India and globally to bring together like-minded people and organisations to network and foster partnerships in the green hydrogen sector.

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National Green Hydrogen Directory

Join the National Green Hydrogen Directory by MNRE. Please provide your details and specify the information that can be shared with third parties upon request for a copy of the directory.

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Regulations & Standards

Find out more about Indian regulations and standards for mobility, hydrogen production and use, storage and transportation and general requirement. For mission related approvals kindly visit the National Single Window System by clicking here.

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Production Pathways

Hydrogen is considered as the second most important form of energy carrier next to electricity.

It is the most abundant element on the earth and can be found in water, organic compounds, and hydrides. Hydrogen can be produced from a variety of feedstocks. These include fossil resources, such as natural gas, oil and coal, as well as renewable resources. Green hydrogen can be produced by water splitting through electrolysis using electricity generated by renewable energy sources or from biomass. Green hydrogen and renewable carbon e.g. from biomass are the feedstock for green methanol. Green hydrogen and nitrogen from the air are the feedstock for green ammonia production. Especially green hydrogen and green ammonia are envisaged to be the future fuels to replace fossil fuels.

Technologies

Green hydrogen is produced with electrolysers using renewable electricity to split water (H2O) into its components hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2). Green hydrogen then can then either be used directly or can be processed further through synthesis processes into green ammonia, green methanol or other e-fuels.

Hydrogen can also be produced from biomass also, using thermochemical, biological and electrochemical processes. Thermochemical processes with gasification and pyrolysis routes have a higher Technology Readiness Level as compared to other routes.


Through Haber-Bosch synthesis, the green hydrogen is combined with nitrogen (N2) from the air and converted into green ammonia (NH3), a key feedstock for fertiliser production, but also used in chemical industry or possibly as fuel in maritime shipping. Through the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, green hydrogen is combined with carbon monoxide (CO) to form a variety of hydrocarbons, or a kind of synthetic crude oil often called syn-crude. Such syn-crude can be turned into specific fuels, such as jet-fuel for aircrafts (Power-to-Liquid, PtL). In order to be carbon neutral, the carbon used should either stem from non-fossil, renewable sources, such as direct air capture (DAC) and biogenic sources, or be recycled from unavoidable industrial point sources (Carbon-Capture and Use, CCU).

Applications

Green Hydrogen will finally have to replace conventional grey hydrogen in a variety of products mainly based on hydrogen, ammonia, or methanol. The main consumers of grey hydrogen are the fertiliser and petrochemical industry. Green hydrogen can also be used to decarbonise steel, cement, aluminium, and glass production. Green hydrogen can be burned and used for space and water heating wherever this cannot be achieved through direct use of electricity. Green hydrogen can serve as a substitute for natural gas in power generation in hydrogen gas turbines. The conversion of renewable energy into synthetic fuels and other chemicals based on green hydrogen will finally allow the use of green energy in shipping and aviation as well as in the chemical industry and other hard to abate sectors.

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