The Central Government ,98 Rs.crore National Green Hydrogen Mission has been approved with an outlay of Rs. With this decision of the government, there is a wave of happiness among those working for environmental protection. Environmentalists are welcoming this decision of the central government. Prabhat Khabar spoke to some environmentalists after the cabinet approved the hydrogen policy.

Carbon Emission Reduction Target

Country’s famous environmentalist Seema Javed said that India’s hydrogen policy has finally come to the fore. In this, a provision of two and a half billion dollars has been made to increase hydrogen production. The much-awaited policy aims to reduce carbon emissions in the energy, industry and transport sectors. Many things have been clearly mentioned in this policy. The policy, inter alia, clarifies that refineries will be to replace one-third of the fuel used here with green hydrogen.

2023 until Gigawatt Electrolyzer Capacity

Seema Javed said that till this year the work of fertilizer production 06555 percentage green hydrogen and city gas distribution grid To 06 Percent gas has to be replaced with green hydrogen. India in the world till the year 2070 Total to be produced Out of GW of electrolyzer capacity, 8 GW of electrolyzer manufacturing capacity is promised this year. Has also moved forward in the direction of doing. This step of India will be recorded as an increased step to further strengthen the climate geopolitical situation at the global level.

Hydrogen Policy Positive Initiatives

On the other hand, environmentalist Nishant Saxena, who lives in Lucknow, says that the cabinet’s approval of the hydrogen policy is a very positive initiative. If the government works with the same determination, there will be a big change in the energy sector. At present, there is a stable government at the center, which is taking its decisions firmly. The Modi government has also made a good plan regarding solar energy and work is being done on it in the whole country. Certainly there are challenges in fully implementing the hydrogen policy, for example, its cost is very high, which can emerge as a big challenge in front of the common people. , India is a country where cost matters, but it goes without saying that India is a country with a large population and such problems are solved here. Apart from this, the problem of storage can also come to the fore, but it has to be seen that what all things have been taken care of in the policy that the government will bring. For the time being, it can be said that the cabinet’s approval of the hydrogen policy is a big step in terms of the environment and it can be said for the government that the sooner the better, the better. It seems to me that till 2070 we We can fulfill the target of net zero emissions even earlier because the government has understood the harm caused by carbon emissions. India is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of carbon emissions, in such a situation green hydrogen policy is a commendable step.

Cabinet approves National Green Hydrogen Mission

After the cabinet’s approval to the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh has said that his ministry will soon issue detailed guidelines to make the country a global hub for hydrogen production. Through this mission, annually in the next five years 54 in hydrogen related areas with the goal of producing 100 million tonnes of green hydrogen An investment of eight lakh crore rupees is expected to come. He informed that the incentives provided under the mission are aimed at bringing down the cost of green hydrogen so that it becomes easily available to the common people.

Electrolyzer will be manufactured through PLI

RK Singh said- We have decided that electrolyser can be manufactured in India, that is why we have worked on Production Based Incentive (PLI) scheme for its domestic manufacturing. Under this MW capacity manufacturing will come. But we, hopefully in the field 2035 up to MW capacity will be installed and it will be highest in the whole world.

Electrolyzer is used in hydrogen production. It is produced by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen through the electrolysis process. This hydrogen is produced without any pollution because it uses renewable energy, not electricity made from conventional sources.

Green EnergyEnergy and EnvironmentEnergy transitionPublished Date

Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 9: 06 PM IST