Hydrogen

Tata Motors, Indian Oil Corp to drive first hydrogen truck pilot project

Trial run on 3 routes to begin this quarter

Industry body IH2A seeks $2.5 bn additional allocation for NGHM in Budget

Industry body India Hydrogen Alliance has sought an additional budgetary support of USD 2.5 billion for government's National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) in the upcoming Budget. The additional funds will be essential for supporting demand side incentives, capital expenditures for building hydrogen infrastructure and hydrogen hub development, the India Hydrogen Alliance (IH2A) said in its Budget recommendation to the government. The body has "recommended increasing budgetary support for the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an additional USD 2.5 billion allocation in addition to the USD 2.3 billion already allocated to NGHM". IH2A also raised industry concerns about slow project development and the lack of offtake agreement for green hydrogen. Demand side incentives, capex subsidies, establishment of green hydrogen development corporations (GHDCs) shall address these challenges, the body said. The public finance and funding will also support in development of five more

Strategies and roadmap for making green fertiliser production viable

India's Green Hydrogen Mission targets decarbonising fertiliser production

Tata Motors to start pilot project with hydrogen trucks in March quarter

Tata Motors will start operating trucks powered by hydrogen internal combustion engines on a pilot basis in the March quarter, according to a senior company official. Under the pilot project, part of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the company along with IOCL will run the trucks on three routes for 18 months. At the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, Tata Motors, last week, unveiled the truck powered by a hydrogen internal combustion engine. Tata Motors Executive Director Girish Wagh said the company is getting ready for both technologies -- hydrogen internal combustion engine and fuel cell electric vehicles. The trucks with hydrogen internal combustion engines will start operating this quarter, he said. It will be operated on three routes -- Mumbai-Pune, Jamshedpur-Kalinganagar and Mumbai-Ahmedabad. The pilot project will generate a lot of data which will be used to improve the product as well as the infrastructure for fuelling hydrogen, Wagh told PTI. He spoke on Friday on

EET Hydrogen, ENKA partner for UK's low carbon hydrogen production plant

Essar Energy Transition (EET) Hydrogen on Wednesday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with ENKA for its flagship low carbon hydrogen production plant (HPP1) at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK. In October 2024, the UK government announced funding had been agreed upon to support HPP1 as the UK's first large-scale low carbon hydrogen project at the heart of the HyNet Cluster. HPP1 will have a production capacity of 350 MW and will capture around 600,000 tonnes of CO2 a year equivalent to taking around 250,000 cars off the road. The EPC contract "represents a major milestone for the HPP1 project, for the UK hydrogen industry, the HyNet Cluster and for EET Hydrogen's progress towards its goal of developing 4 GW of low carbon hydrogen production for industrial businesses across the North West of England to decarbonise their operations, protecting jobs and driving economic growth," the company said in a statement. ENKA is

IGX hopeful of receiving regulatory approval for multi-month contracts: CEO

MoU inked with Central European Gas Hub for collaboration in trading of natural gas, hydrogen, and biomethane

India made hydrogen fuel train engine more powerful than others: Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the hydrogen fuel-run train engine developed by Indian Railways has the maximum horsepower in the world. Vaishnaw, who is also the Union Minister in charge of Information and Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, said this while speaking at a plenary session titled Green Connections: Diaspora's Contribution to Sustainable Development of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention here. Stating that only four countries in the world make such train engines, Vaishnaw said, They produce somewhere between 500 to 600 horsepower while the engine produced by Indian Railways using indigenous technology has an output of 1,200 horsepower, the highest so far in this category." The minister said the first such train is expected to make a trial run in Haryana soon on the Jind-Sonipat route. While the engine manufacturing has been completed, system integration of the same is currently underway, he said. Noting that India's own .

Aiming to produce 5 mn tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said as part of National Green Hydrogen Mission, the country is aiming to produce 5 million tons of green hydrogen by 2030. After virtually laying the foundation stone and launching projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore here, Modi said two green hydrogen hubs will be set up in the country out of which one will come up here. "The country launched the National Green Hydrogen Mission in 2023. Our aim is to make 5 million metric tons of green hydrogen production (annually) by 2030. As a first step, two green hydrogen hubs will be set up, out of which one is in Visakhapatnam," he said. He further said as part of "Swarnandhra Pradesh", by 2047, Andhra Pradesh is aiming to become approximately a USD 2.5 trillion economy and the Center will work with the southern state in realizing that vision. Describing the state as a "land of possibilities and opportunities", Modi said the time has come for it to become a centre of new futuristic ...

India ahead of other nations in green hydrogen sector: Union minister Joshi

Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said India is ahead of other countries in the field of green hydrogen. The Union government has floated a tender for the world's largest green ammonia demonstration project, he said during a visit to a floating solar plant in the Omkareshwar Dam in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district. Further, the work of offshore wind power projects is underway and tenders have been invited in Gujarat, the minister told reporters. "When we talk about offshore wind power, it means installing windmills in the sea, which requires development and upgradation of ports and transmission infrastructure. Along with this, work on geothermal (power) is also underway, though it is at the primary stage," Joshi said. A revolution is taking place in the field of solar energy, and India is becoming the world leader in renewable energy, he said. "India is ahead in the field of green hydrogen, compared to other countries. We have floated a tender .

Ashoka Buildcon to invest Rs 9,000 cr in green hydrogen plant in Bihar

Construction engineering company Ashoka Buildcon plans to invest Rs 9,000 crore in setting up a green hydrogen plant in Bihar, its COO-Renewable Energy Mayank Sharma said Friday. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government, committing to investing in the plant, during the Bihar Business Connect 2024. The Maharashtra-based firm is in highway construction, power distribution and solar projects. Sharma said the company will set up a 1,250 MW solar project and use the clean electricity to produce green hydrogen by splitting water. "The first phase of the plant is being planned at Begusarai (in Bihar)," he said. Green hydrogen is the cleanest known source of energy, which produces just water from being burnt. Sharma said the first phase of the project will take 1.5-2 years to commission from the date of receiving all clearances. The second phase will follow thereafter. According to the latest presentation on the company website, Ashoka Buildcon had an

India needs greater support to achieve 2030 clean energy goals: Report

GH2 will not be cost-competitive with natural gas-based grey hydrogen until after 2050, as per the report. Current subsidies cover only 5 per cent of the cost gap and will run out before 2030

Reliance, ReNew, others submit bids under green hydrogen transition scheme

As many as 14 firms, including Reliance Green Hydrogen and Green Chemicals, ReNew E-Fuels, Waaree Clean Energy Solution, and Avaada Green H2 have submitted bids under the green hydrogen transition scheme. The maximum benefits available under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Scheme (Mode-1-Tranche-II) is Rs 5,400 crore. According to a statement by the bid coordinator, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), the technical bids for incentives for green hydrogen production capacity of about 4,50,000 tonnes under the second tranche of the scheme was opened on Monday. The scheme provides for maximum benefit of Rs 50 per kg in the first year, Rs 40 per kg in the second year, and Rs 30 per kg in third year. Thus, the maximum benefit available under the Tranche II is about Rs 5,400 crore. Under the bucket I, the SECI received bids for 6,20,000 tones against the available capacity of 4,50,000 tonnes. Similarly, under the bucket II, bids for 6,500 tonnes we

3,000 MW electrolyser manufacturing capacity coming up in India, says govt

India is in the process of providing viability gap funding for electrolyser manufacturing capacity of about 3,000 MW per annum to boost green hydrogen production in the country, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. This assumes significance as India had launched the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an initial outlay of Rs 19,744 crore in January 2023. The Mission aims to develop green hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 MMT (Million Metric Tonne) per annum with an associated renewable energy capacity addition of about 125 GW in the country. "For Electrolyser Manufacturing, contracts have been awarded/are under process for a capacity of 3,000 MW per annum," Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy Shripad Yesso Naik said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. He further said for Green hydrogen production, capacity has been awarded for 4,12,000 tons per annum. The Mission also aims to attract over Rs 8 lakh crore in total investments and creation of over six lakh jobs with

TKIL Industries makes green foray with investment in Swiss company

Aims for giga-scale capacity in five years, with Rs 1,500-2,000 crore investment

Hyderabad's BluJ Aerospace aims for hydrogen-powered air taxis by 2030

The eVTOL startup is scheduled to launch an air taxi service, connecting major cities in under 39 minutes by 2030, while also developing a zero-emission cargo aircraft set for debut by 2026

Ashok Leyland to launch first H2- powered truck in the next 2 years

On Monday, the company commenced the delivery of the largest single order of electric trucks in India to Billion Electric Mobility, a member of Group BillionE

Indian Railways to begin trials of India's first hydrogen train in Dec 2024

Indian Railways has collaborated with Germany's TUV-SUD for a safety audit of its first hydrogen train, with trial operations set for December 2024, marking a green transport milestone

UP secures Rs 1.15 trillion worth investment in green hydrogen sector

The Yogi Adityanath government has set a target of 1 million tonnes per year for green hydrogen or green ammonia production by 2029

India, US for giving push to sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen in buses

India and the US have agreed to give impetus to sustainable aviation fuel, promote electrification of medium and heavy-duty vehicles and use of hydrogen in buses, tractors and heavy equipment, said a joint statement issued after the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership dialogue between the two nations. The two nations "welcomed increased investment in each country's clean energy markets," according to the statement issued after the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) Ministerial convened by US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri in Washington DC on Monday. "While recognising the need to work towards a just, orderly and sustainable energy transition, which prioritises access to reliable, affordable, and clean energy supplies, the (two) sides welcomed the important role that energy trade plays in supporting the national priorities of both countries," the statement said. The two countries highlighted the importance

Climate change imminent, focus on areas like Green Hydrogen needed: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the need to focus on new areas of energy transition like Green Hydrogen to deal with climate change saying it is not a matter of future rather it calls for an action now. Addressing through a video message the 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen India 2024, Modi said, "There is a growing realisation that climate change is not just a matter of the future. The impact of climate change is being felt here and now. The time for action is also here and now." He was of the view that energy transition and sustainability have become central to global policy discourse. He noted that Green Hydrogen is emerging as a promising addition to the world's energy landscape and it can help in decarbonizing industries that are difficult to electrify. Refineries, fertilizers, steel, heavy-duty transportation -- many such sectors will benefit, he pointed out. Green Hydrogen can also act as a storage solution for surplus renewable energy, h