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India takes a significant leap towards a sustainable energy future as nine companies, including Reliance Green Hydrogen and Green Chemicals, ACME Cleantech Solutions, and Greenko Zero, secure government incentives to establish facilities capable of producing up to 4.50 lakh tonnes of green hydrogen.

G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has articulated India’s ambitious pursuit of becoming a global hub for green hydrogen by 2030. Addressing the Climate Financing Conference in New Delhi, Kant reiterated the government’s commitment to transforming the nation’s energy landscape.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has propelled Punjab into a new era of infrastructure development with the inauguration and foundation laying of 29 national highway projects, bringing a financial commitment of Rs 4,000 crore.

India’s G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog chief executive, Amitabh Kant, laid out an ambitious vision for India to become a global leader and major exporter in the green hydrogen sector. The key, he emphasized, lies in a substantial influx of private investment alongside essential public funding.

In a strategic move to position itself at the forefront of the future mobility business in India, Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, is gearing up to invest an additional $744 million.

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) has issued a global tender, inviting bids from manufacturing companies specializing in the production and storage of Green Hydrogen and its derivatives.

China’s ambitious Kuqa project, hailed as the world’s largest green hydrogen facility, might not be living up to its green and gargantuan billing. While its potential to slash carbon emissions is undeniable, technical hiccups and production delays threaten to cast a shadow on this pioneering attempt at clean energy dominance.

South Korea’s automotive titans, Hyundai Motor Co., and Kia Corp. have joined forces with American materials science leader W.L. Gore & Associates in a strategic partnership aimed at supercharging the development of critical material for hydrogen fuel cells: the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM).

In December 2023, the Korean automaker delivered a staggering fleet of 500 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to the southern city, marking a significant milestone in China’s hydrogen ambitions.

Launched on January 1 aboard PSLV-C58, the 100 W class fuel cell operated efficiently in the orbital platform POEM3. This breakthrough marks a crucial step in powering future space missions with unparalleled efficiency, emitting only water as a byproduct.