In two months, the union government wants to undertake a comprehensive green hydrogen mission to advance the green hydrogen policy established in February, according to officials with knowledge of the situation.
Similar to renewable buy responsibilities, the mission is likely to announce a green hydrogen purchase obligation in fertilizer production and petroleum refining (RPO).
Noting that the national green hydrogen policy specified “preparatory steps,” an official stated, “In two months, we will have a full-fledged national green hydrogen mission.”
The mission is also anticipated to provide a list of industries that must begin utilizing green hydrogen on a voluntary basis, as well as a road map for sectors such as fertilizer and petrochemicals to begin using the green fuel on a mandatory basis.
“Green hydrogen/green ammonia shall be defined as hydrogen/ammonia produced by electrolysis of water using renewable energy, including renewable energy that has been banked and hydrogen/ammonia produced from biomass,” the power ministry stated in a notification issued at the policy’s launch in February.
The Centre unveiled the green hydrogen policy, promising cheaper renewable power, a 25-year fee waiver for inter-state power transmission for projects commissioned before June 2025, land in renewable energy parks, and mega manufacturing zones to assist local industries in transitioning away from fossil fuels.
The strategy, which aimed to promote green hydrogen and green ammonia, also mentioned facilitating the ‘banking’ or storing of green power, in which a green power producer can store up to 30 days of excess renewable power with an electricity distribution business. The plan also includes the construction of bunkers near ports to store green ammonia for export.
Given the mission’s emphasis on creating bunkers near ports, Amit Kumar, partner and leader of power and utilities mining at PwC India, suggests that the mission may also emphasize exports of green hydrogen.
