{"id":3609,"date":"2023-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/06-01-2023\/national-green-hydrogen-mission-catching-the-bus\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:00:00","slug":"national-green-hydrogen-mission-catching-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/06-01-2023\/national-green-hydrogen-mission-catching-the-bus","title":{"rendered":"National Green Hydrogen Mission: Catching the bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

In News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Union Cabinet approved a ?19,744 crore National Green Hydrogen mission.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you Know?<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Hydrogen <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>is a key industrial fuel that has a variety of applications including the production of ammonia (a key fertilizer), steel, refineries and electricity.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • However, all of the hydrogen manufactured now is the so-called \u2018black or brown\u2019 hydrogen produced from coal.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Grey hydrogen <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>is produced from natural gas while \u2018Blue\u2019 hydrogen is from fossil fuel sources where the ensuring carbon emitted is captured via carbon-capture processes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Green hydrogen<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is when hydrogen is produced via electrolysis, the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Green hydrogen currently accounts for less than 1% of global hydrogen production due to it being expensive to produce.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

        National Green Hydrogen Mission<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        • The Mission will \u201cfacilitate demand creation, production, utilisation and export of Green Hydrogen,\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • It aims to make India a \u2018global hub\u2019 for using, producing and exporting green hydrogen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • It aims to incentivise the commercial production of green hydrogen and make India a net exporter of the fuel.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • The mission has laid out a target to develop green hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 MMT (Million Metric Tonne) per annum.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • This is alongside adding renewable energy capacity of about 125 GW (gigawatt) in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Submissions<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            • There are two umbrella sub-missions under the program.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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              • the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Programme (SIGHT),<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> which will fund the domestic manufacturing of electrolyzers and produce green hydrogen.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
              • Support pilot projects in emerging end-use sectors and production pathways.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                • States and regions capable of supporting large-scale production and\/or utilisation of hydrogen will be identified and developed as Green Hydrogen Hubs.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Significance\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                  • It can be used to generate electricity or as fuel in industries or vehicles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                  • It will entail the decarbonisation of the industrial, mobility and energy sectors;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                    • reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels and feedstock;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                    • developing indigenous manufacturing capabilities;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                    • creating employment opportunities; and developing new technologies such as efficient fuel cells.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      \u00a0Challenges<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                      • Green hydrogen development is still in the nascent stages globally and while India can take the lead in being a major producer, it doesn\u2019t have the<\/span><\/span><\/span> necessary infrastructure <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>yet.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                        • Optimizing plant designs and end-to-end green hydrogen systems can be costly and incredibly complex.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                        • Limited specialized workforce.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Green hydrogen is also incredibly challenging to store and transport.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                          • It is a highly flammable gas with a low volumetric density, requiring investment in specialized pipelines and carriers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                          • High energy losses. Green hydrogen loses a considerable amount of energy at every point in the supply chain<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                          • Reduced knowledge on optimum design and return on investment, thus limiting bankability.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                            Suggestions and Way Ahead\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                            • Green hydrogen, produced through a clean process, is rightly seen as the most dependable source of energy of the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                            • \u00a0For India to realise ambitions, it must strengthen its small manufacturing and allied enterprises infrastructure along with large industries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                            • India needs to announce incentives to convince enough users of industrial hydrogen to adopt green hydrogen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                            • \u00a0It needs to develop supply chains in the form of pipelines, tankers, intermediate storage and last-leg distribution networks as well as put in place an effective skill development programme to ensure that lakhs of workers can be suitably trained to adapt to a viable green hydrogen economy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                              Mains Practise Question\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                              [Q]<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Discuss the objectives of the National Green Hydrogen Mission. Why does India want to be a leading exporter of green hydrogen?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                              In News The Union Cabinet approved a ?19,744 crore National Green Hydrogen mission. Do you Know? Hydrogen is a key industrial fuel that has a variety of applications including the production of ammonia (a key fertilizer), steel, refineries and electricity. However, all of the hydrogen manufactured now is the so-called \u2018black or brown\u2019 hydrogen produced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[54,26],"class_list":["post-3609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial-analysis","tag-biodiversity-and-environment","tag-gs-3"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4494040Screenshot_6.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}