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Kerala to kick-start India's ambitious green hydrogen mission

IOC confirms talks to set up two hydrogen production and refuelling stations

Hydrogen, H2, clean energy, carbon emissions
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A senior IOC official confirmed the talks with Kerala to set up two hydrogen production and refuelling stations for the pilot programme on fuel cell vehicles.

Shine JacobShreya Jai Chennai/New Delhi
India’s aggressive push for hydrogen energy will see its commencement from the state of Kerala since it has initiated talks with leading energy companies, such as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), NTPC, GAIL (India), Bharat Petroleum Corporation, and Air Products USA, for producing green hydrogen from Cochin International Airport’s (CIAL's) solar power facility.
 
This comes ahead of the Centre not coming out with any policy, despite the announcement of a National Hydrogen Mission. This paper reported recently that the Centre is planning to issue tenders, based on the 'demand aggregator' model.
 
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, in its latest

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