Green hydrogen-based engine, power plant to come up by 2025: Wartsila CEO

'Renewables is an affordable way to drive forward electricity generation in India but not even in India is the sun shining or wind blowing everyday'

Finland-based global energy tech company Wärtsilä Corporation, which provides power solutions to the electricity and marine sectors in more than 80 countries, is betting big on India for its energy management system. This comes as more renewable energy is connected to the grid. President and chief executive officer (CEO) Håkan Agnevall tells Subhayan Chakraborty that the company will come out with an engine concept running on 100 per cent ammonia in 2023 for the marine sector. Edited excerpts:

What are your plans on green hydrogen?

We have a saying “green is not black or white” since there is no single