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Source: The post is based on the article “3-Day International Conference on Green Hydrogen begins in New Delhi” published in PIB on 6th July 2023
What is the News?
The three-day International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023) is being organized at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
What is the International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023)?
Organized by: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in partnership with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Aim: To explore how we can establish a Green Hydrogen ecosystem and foster a systemic approach for meeting the global goals for decarbonization through Green Hydrogen.
What are the key highlights from the conference?
India’s energy import dependence: Energy use has doubled in the last 20 years in India and is likely to grow by at least another 25% by 2030.
– India currently imports over 40% of its primary energy requirements, worth over USD 90 billion every year.
– Major sectors like mobility and industrial production are significantly dependent on imported fossil fuels.
– This necessitates a shift towards technologies that enable enhanced share of renewable sources in the energy mix, to enable us to progressively reduce the reliance on fossil fuels.
Non fossil fuel: India is the only major economy to source 40% of our energy from non-fossil fuel sources nine years ahead of the target of 2030.
– Currently, around 42% of power generation capacity of India is based on non-fossil-fuels.
Green Hydrogen: As per the International Energy Agency, the world demand for hydrogen is expected to grow by 600% by the year 2050.
– India is one of the biggest consumers of green hydrogen in the world, with a demand of 6 million tons per annum.
– The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, and oil and gas PSUs have taken various initiatives for promotion of green hydrogen.Oil India Limited has started a pilot plant in Jorhat, Assam which produces 10 kg of green hydrogen per day.
– Projects have also been commenced for setting up 3.5 million tons of green hydrogen manufacturing capacity already.
– Indian Oil Corporation Limited has entered into an agreement with Tata Motors, for development of hydrogen fuel cells in India.
