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India’s National Hydrogen Energy Mission, which was established in 2021, aims to make that nation a centre for environmentally friendly hydrogen by 2030, with a target of 5 million tonnes yearly. These lofty goals are hindered by unsolved infrastructure obstacles, a lack of sufficient incentives, and insufficient access to technologies.

“Investment in hydrogen grid networks is required to successfully incorporate these as the major source for mainstream companies. Future hydrogen projects may run the danger of failing due to a lack of green hydrogen infrastructure for storage, transport, and production. Since hydrogen is currently generated and used in the same place, building common infrastructure and clusters of demand and consumption would be necessary to achieve economies of scale for big green hydrogen facilities and the development of the hydrogen economy.

According to Prof. S Dasappa, Chair of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Innovation, “Industry, government, and investors need to work together to create an environment where innovation is encouraged, where market demand is posted, and where collaboration between different players in the supply chain is also encouraged.” These comments were made by Prof. Dasappa at the International Climate Summit 2022, which took place in Bergen, Norway, on August 30 and 31, and had as its theme “Opportunities for Green Hydrogen in India.”

The Norwegian partnership was represented by Greenstat, Arena H2Cluster, and the Norwegian Hydrogen Forum, while the Indian partnership was represented by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Invest India.

Prof Dasappa said that The government policies need to cover the entire value chain of hydrogen from demand creation to supply and to market enablers such as infrastructure and supply chain development.

Alok Sharma, Executive Director at Center for High Technology (CHT) and Treasurer of Hydrogen Association of India said that The natural gas industry is considering adding hydrogen to natural gas for use in transportation and as a fuel for cooking. As part of India’s national hydrogen mission to determine the technological and economic viability of mixing hydrogen in city gas distribution networks, the Gas Authority of India has begun injecting hydrogen into natural gas supplied to houses for cooking purposes in central India.

Similar studies are said to have been conducted in the UK, where it may be decided to blend 20% hydrogen with home natural gas by the winter of 2023. Such actions result in their starting conditions. The use of green hydrogen as a sustainable natural gas, however, would be very beneficial.

The state currently needs about 0.9 million tonnes of hydrogen per year, mainly for the manufacturing of nitrogenous fertilizers. The policy concentrates on the chemical, fertilizer, and refinery industries in an effort to move the state toward a green hydrogen economy. For the following five years, the policy will be in force.

Additionally, by 2028, the state hopes to blend 20% green hydrogen into all hydrogen used by its existing fertilizer and refinery units. The draft policy suggests a capital expenditure subsidy in 2024 equal to 60% of the electrolyzer’s cost. The minimum capacity needed to be eligible for the subsidy is 50 MW or more. The financial incentive from the state government will be cut in half to 20% by 2027.

Additionally, a state-level committee will be established to take care of all the obligations, including the monitoring and evaluation of the policy. Additionally, the plan calls for providing R&D facilities and companies with the one-time financial support of 30% for the procurement of technology up to a maximum of Rs 50 million.

A skill-development program will be supported by the center in order to strengthen state capabilities and get the workforce ready for the transition to green hydrogen and ammonia.

The move is a precursor to rolling out the final policy that would aim to make Uttar Pradesh a 100% green hydrogen/ammonia-consuming state by 2035. Turning the state into a leading green hydrogen/ammonia producer is another objective.

The policy would also promote green hydrogen/ammonia production, market creation, and demand aggregation.

“The state envisions to promote green hydrogen/ammonia as the foundational pillar for the green energy transition in UP and make the state ready for a net-zero economy in the future,” says the draft policy that was put in the public domain by the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA), the nodal agency for the purpose.

The policy will focus primarily on two major hydrogen/ammonia demand centers in Uttar Pradesh – nitrogenous (N) fertilizers and the refinery sector. It will also cover other emerging industries and applications of green hydrogen in the future.

Incentives provided in the “Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy 2017”, such as exemption of stamp duty, tax reimbursement, capital interest subsidy, infrastructure interest subsidy, and electricity duty will be applicable to new green hydrogen/ammonia investments and expansion of existing fertilizer units in the state.

Analysts predict hydrogen could meet up to 24 percent of the world’s energy needs, Thomas Sattich and Charis Palmer report.

Green hydrogen, which is created by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity, has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while assisting in meeting the world’s energy needs. Additionally, there is a need for means to ensure and authenticate the fuel’s origin as well as an internationally accepted definition of “green hydrogen.”

By 2050, the demand for hydrogen is projected to increase to 500–680 million metric tonnes (MT), from an anticipated 87 million MT in 2020. The market for hydrogen production was evaluated at $130 billion between 2020 and 2021, and it is anticipated to expand by up to 9.2% annually until 2030. However, there is a catch: only a small portion of the current hydrogen production, which accounts for over 95% of it, is “green.” Today, the production of hydrogen uses 6% of global natural gas and 2% of global coal.

However, there is a resurgence of interest in environmentally friendly hydrogen manufacturing techniques. This is due to the fact that hydrogen’s potential applications are growing in a variety of fields, including power generation, manufacturing processes in the steel and cement industries, fuel cells for electric vehicles, heavy transportation like shipping, production of green ammonia for fertilizers, cleaning products, refrigeration, and grid stabilization.

Governments around the world have already committed more than USD 70 billion to stimulate the hydrogen industry.

The obvious early movers are heavy industries looking to decarbonize, industrial shipping, and heavy vehicles. Large power utilities are eyeing it off for storage. All of these players are largely linked to the existing oil and gas industry. As countries transition to sustainable energy, oil, and gas-led economies could lose USD 7 trillion by 2040, the International Energy Agency has warned.

Additionally, the commercial viability of green hydrogen production has increased due to the declining cost of renewable energy sources, decreasing electrolyzer costs, and increased efficiency brought on by technological advancements. The forecast of the Levelized cost of hydrogen production for major projects worldwide through 2050 is depicted in the figure below.

Locating facilities for the generation of hydrogen and renewable energy close to one another will allow for greater integration of these projects, positioning them for success. Governments must also establish legal and policy frameworks that encourage investment.

According to two officials aware of the development, the government has selected 10 potential states that might serve as important facilitators for India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission by facilitating the production of green hydrogen. Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal are some of these.

The Indian government has identified states which have the potential to become green hydrogen manufacturing hubs. These are the states most likely to have green hydrogen or ammonia manufacturing zones or clusters, which will aid India in the early years of its National Green Hydrogen Mission.

These states have been chosen based on the refineries, ports, and steel and fertilizer industries, as well as the current and potential renewable energy generation capacity in the areas. As another industry that can offtake green hydrogen, we have also integrated the city gas distribution network at some locations, according to a senior official in the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE).

On November 2, during the first day of the three-day Invest Karnataka 2022 – Global Investors Meet, the Karnataka government signed a set of agreements totaling Rs 5.20 lakh crore. The Karnataka government intends to create India’s first green hydrogen manufacturing cluster or zone through the use of Rs 5.20 lakh crore, of which Rs 2.9 lakh crore will be invested in the green hydrogen and derivatives industry alone.

The nation’s top producer of steel, Odisha, has also made the decision to promote the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia. Steel production can be done more sustainably by employing green hydrogen, which is produced by splitting water using solar and wind energy.

Additionally, this can lessen the industry’s reliance on imported coking coal. The state is presenting itself to investors as a center for the export of green hydrogen in addition to having several important ports and creating new ones. 6,000 square kilometers of land parcels in Banaskantha and Kutch in Gujarat have been set aside solely for hydrogen projects in the state.

Tamil Nadu has given the ACME Group permission to invest Rs 52,474 crore in a green hydrogen and ammonia project. The proposed facility would feature a 1.5 GW electrolyzer, a 5 GW solar power plant, and 1.1 million tonnes of ammonia production capacity. It also includes research and development work, pilot projects, enabling policies and regulations, and infrastructure development.

Linde revealed that Bremervörde, Germany now has the first hydrogen refueling facility for passenger trains in the entire globe.

With the help of the 14 hydrogen-powered passenger trains that Linde created, owns, and operates, each train will be able to travel 1,000 kilometers without emitting any emissions after just one refueling.

One of the biggest hydrogen refueling systems ever constructed, it has a daily capacity of roughly 1,600 kg of hydrogen.

Coradia iLint, the world’s first passenger train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, was made by the French group Alstom.

Linde has installed over 200 hydrogen fueling stations and 80 hydrogen electrolysis plants globally, the company noted.

The system will supply 14 Coradia iLint hydrogen-powered passenger trains in the town of Bremervorde, Rotenburg district. With a single refueling, the trains will be able to run 1,000 kilometers (621.4 miles), Linde said on Wednesday, adding that those trains are expected to gradually replace the existing diesel-powered fleet.

The possibility to integrate future on-site green hydrogen generation was a key consideration in the design and construction of Linde’s future-ready hydrogen refueling system. The new hydrogen trains will replace the current trains that are powered by diesel.

Veerle Slenders, President RegionEurope West, Linde, stated that the company was “dedicated to making a significant contribution towards decarbonizing transport in Europe.” We take great pride in the fact that Linde’s cutting-edge technology is essential to this project’s success and is serving as a model for greener public transportation systems everywhere.

According to Müslüm Yakisan, President of Alstom in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, “The world’s first hydrogen train, the Coradia iLint, exhibits a strong commitment to green mobility paired with the newest technology.” With our partners Linde, LNVG, and evb, we are extremely happy to witness the first series of operations in action.

Linde is a global leader of the world in the production, processing, storage, and distribution of hydrogen. It has the largest liquid hydrogen capacity and distribution system in the world. The company operates the world’s first high-purity hydrogen storage cavern plus pipeline networks totaling approximately 1,000 kilometers globally, to reliably supply its customers. Linde is at the forefront of the transition to clean hydrogen and has installed over 200 hydrogen fueling stations and 80 hydrogen electrolysis plants worldwide. The company offers the latest hydrogen technologies through its world-class engineering organization, key alliances, and partnerships.

The Coradia iLint, the world’s first hydrogen train, has reached another significant milestone in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany, according to an announcement from Alstom. It is now used on the global premiere 100% hydrogen train route, in passenger operation.

This local train makes only low-level noise when running and solely produces steam and condensed water. Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen owns 14 vehicles with fuel cell propulsion (LNVG). Finding alternatives to diesel trains was something LNVG had already begun looking into in 2012, which gave the German railway industry a boost. The gas and engineering company Linde as well as the Elbe-Weser railways and transport business (evb) are additional project partners for this global premiere.

“One of the most essential objectives for ensuring a sustainable future is emission-free mobility, and Alstom has a clear intention to lead the world in alternative propulsion systems for rail. The Coradia iLint, the first hydrogen train in the world, illustrates our unwavering dedication to environmentally friendly mobility while utilizing cutting-edge technology. Together with our fantastic partners, we are extremely happy to introduce this technology into series operation as part of a world premiere, said Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Alstom.

In order to replace 15 diesel trains on the line between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde, and Buxtehude, LNVG will progressively switch over to 14 hydrogen-powered Alstom regional trains, which will be run by evb on its behalf. The emission-free Alstom multiple units of the Coradia iLint model can operate all day on just one tank of hydrogen thanks to a range of 1,000 kilometers. They are also available in a variety of configurations. A nearly two-year successful trial run with two pre-series trains was concluded in September 2018.

In spite of numerous electrification initiatives in various nations, a sizeable portion of Europe’s rail network will remain unelectric in the long run. More than 4,000 diesel trains are currently in use in Germany alone. Four contracts for regional trains fueled by hydrogen fuel cells are currently held by Alstom. The first is in Lower Saxony for 14 Coradia iLint trains, while the second is in the Frankfurt metropolitan area for 27 Coradia iLint trains. The third contract is from Italy, where Alstom is constructing six Coradia Stream hydrogen trains in the Lombardy region with the possibility to build eight more. The fourth contract is from France, where twelve Coradia Polyvalent hydrogen trains will be distributed among four different French regions.

One of the biggest producers of grey hydrogen in the world, Reliance Industries Limited, intends to switch to green hydrogen by 2025. To speed up cost reduction and commercialization of its Pressurized.

Reliance is one of the biggest users of agro-waste as a fuel to meet its captive energy demands, and it is actively working on bio-energy. It hopes to expand on this by using newer and developing technology as well as innovation. Reliance has opened Phase I of its Jamnagar Bio-Energy Technology (BET) Center.

Ambani announced that Reliance is in advanced discussions to partner with other leading electrolyzer technology.

He added that the company will establish 20 GW of solar energy generation capacity by 2025, which will be entirely consumed for captive needs of round-the-clock power and intermittent energy for green hydrogen.

On plans for battery manufacturing, he said RIL aims to start production of battery packs by 2023 and scale up to a fully integrated 5 GWh annual cell-to-pack manufacturing facility by 2024, and to 50 GWh annual capacity by 2027.

Alkaline Electrolyzer technology, the business has teamed with Stiesdal. Additionally, the business is in advanced talks to establish a giga-scale electrolyzer manufacturing facility at Jamnagar in partnership with other top electrolyzer technology providers worldwide.

With the specific goal of delivering green hydrogen at the lowest possible cost, we will complement our partner’s technological innovation in stack manufacturing with our engineering expertise, operational excellence, long-standing experience in efficient seawater desalination, digital twin expertise, and indigenous balance of plant. Speaking at the 45th Annual General Meeting, Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), stated, “We plan to gradually begin the transition from Grey Hydrogen to Green Hydrogen by 2025, after proving our cost and performance targets (Post-IPO).

“By 2025, we’ll also have installed 20 GW of a solar energy producing capacity. This will be used totally to meet our captive needs for continuous power (RTC) and sporadic energy (for Green Hydrogen). We are prepared to invest twice as much to expand our manufacturing ecosystem once it has been demonstrated at scale “Ambani made a remark.

The need for captive energy across all of Reliance’s businesses “provides us with a large base-load demand to support our plans to set up giga-scale manufacturing and will accelerate our commitment to investing Rs. 75,000 crores towards establishing our fully integrated New Energymanufacturing ecosystem in Jamnagar,” Ambani continued.

The state-owned NTPC’s Kawas Gas blending project will mix hydrogen with piped natural gas (PNG) for domestic usage.

Hydrogen and PNG are being combined in this project for the first time in the nation. The amount of hydrogen-containing gas will initially be 5% of the total gas supply, and it will eventually increase to 20%.

The public sector power firm stated in a statement that the gas would be provided to 200 homes in the Aditya Nagar residential colony of NTPC Kawas in Hazira and that this would result in a 200-kilogram annual reduction in NTPC’s carbon emissions.

In addition, 200 families are expected to receive 100 standard cubic meters of gas every day from the project. An electrolyte membrane made of polymer with a 6.5-kilowatt capacity and a one-cubic-meter capacity will be installed in the facility (scmh). A 1 MW floating solar power plant at NTPC Kawas will provide energy for the hydrogen generating facility. The gas will be supplied to Aditya Nagar residential colony of NTPC Kawas in Hazira, the public sector power major said in a statement, adding that, with this, NTPC will mitigate 200 kg of carbon generation every year.

NTPC has adopted a number of measures to increase the nation’s environmental imprint, including the construction of renewable energy projects, to add to its green portfolio.

The Gujarati facility in Kawas was going to blend green hydrogen and natural gas as one of NTPC’s upcoming green projects. Along with the NTPC Nokh Solar Project in Jaisalmer and the Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Leh, Ladakh, the projects’ foundation stones were set on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The plant will be equipped with a 6.5KW polymer electrolyte membrane with one standard cubic meter per hour(scmh). The hydrogen generation plant will be operated using power generated through a 1 MW capacity floating solar power plant.

In Leh, NTPC launched India’s first green hydrogen mobility project using a fuel cell electric vehicle as part of the country’s efforts to achieve Carbon Neutral Ladakh (CNL) and decarbonize the economy. The first pilot project in India to introduce FCEVs for public use is the green hydrogen transportation initiative in Leh, Ladakh.

A 735 MW Solar PV Project is also being built by NTPC in Nokh, Rajasthan. The installation of high-wattage bifacial PV Modules with a tracker system at a single location makes this India’s largest Domestic Content Requirement (DCR)-based Solar Project.

India is on track to overtake China as the world leader in green hydrogen and to compete with it for the top spot in the solar energy sector, according to the country’s electrical minister.

Increased investments in renewable energy, particularly those coming from abroad, are putting India in a strong position to become a major supplier of clean energy technologies as well as a low-emissions exporter of hydrogen and ammonia. Raj Kumar Singh, the minister of power and renewable energy, said on Tuesday in Sydney.

On the margins of a two-day energy summit and meetings of the Quad group of countries, which also includes the United States, Japan, and Australia, Singh declared that his country would overtake China as the leading producer of high-efficiency solar cells and modules. We’ll be the biggest producers of green hydrogen and green ammonia on the entire planet.

Singh claims that India now has a capacity of about 15 gigawatts for the production of solar cells and modules and that an additional 50 gigawatts are being added right now. He claimed that coupled with significant local advances, foreign investment in renewables will “rise dramatically,” averaging between $9 billion and $11 billion annually.

While Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd., one of India’s most valuable companies, plans to increase the production of solar panels, electrolyzers for clean hydrogen, and rechargeable batteries, billionaire Gautam Adani has committed to investing $70 billion in clean energy assets, including green hydrogen. Last month, the French oil company TotalEnergies SE agreed to work with Adani in India on hydrogen cooperation.

In the interview, Singh said, “We are the biggest and most attractive renewable energy market in the world. The government has in the past provided subsidies for regional solar panel production, and it is currently thinking about doing the same for electrolyzer production.

According to Singh, a sharp rise in imports has relieved the strain on India’s coal supply, which is used for roughly 70% of electrical generating. Despite the spike in global prices, the government has expanded its imports of fuel from overseas in an effort to avoid a repeat of last year’s power shortages.

In terms of solar cell and module production worldwide, India now makes up a very minor portion. China manufactured more than two-thirds of modules and 86 percent of cells in 2021, according to BloombergNEF, dominating both industries.

To address the energy needs of the NHPC guest house, NHPC will create a pilot green hydrogen fuel cell-based microgrid that includes hydrogen production.

The state-owned hydropower juggernaut NHPC announced on Friday that it had inked two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for the development of pilot green hydrogen technologies to lower the carbon footprint in the power industry in the Leh and Kargil districts of the UT of Ladakh.

According to the official press announcement, NHPC will create a pilot green hydrogen fuel cell-based microgrid, which will also produce hydrogen, to satisfy the guest house’s electricity needs at the Nimmo Bazgo power plant in Leh.

As per MOU signed for Leh district, NHPC shall consider the development of a Pilot Green Hydrogen fuel cell-based Microgrid including Hydrogen production to meet the power requirement of the NHPC guest house. According to the MOU signed for the Kargil district, the hydrogen generated in Kargil will be used in fuel cells for mobility which will be capable to run two buses for up to 8 hrs in the local area of Kargil.

NHPC shall upscale hydrogen production on a commercial scale to supply the hydrogen need of the Ladakh region in different sectors like mobility, transportation, heating, and Micro-grid & subsequent MoU shall be signed separately.

These two Pilot projects will create a roadmap for the future development of Green Hydrogen & subsequent reduction of carbon emissions in the transportation/heating sector and will also attract long-term investment in the Hydrogen economy creating different revenue streams & job opportunities for the youth of UT of Ladakh.

According to the statement, “The hydrogen created in Kargil will be used in fuel cells for mobility, which will be able to drive two buses for up to eight hours in the local Kargil area.”

R K Mathur, the Lieutenant Governor of the UT of Ladakh, was present when the MoUs were signed on Thursday.

In order to meet the region of Ladakh’s needs for hydrogen in several sectors, including mobility, transportation, heating, and microgrid, NHPC intends to scale up hydrogen production on a commercial scale. The ensuing MoU will be signed separately.

In addition to reducing carbon emissions in the transportation and heating sectors, the two pilot projects will lay the groundwork for future green hydrogen development. They will also draw long-term investment into the hydrogen economy, generating new sources of income and job possibilities.

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