India may soon become the Middle East of Green Hydrogen

The announcement of the phase one National Hydrogen Mission by the government on February 18 has been met with applause by the Street with brokerage firm Morgan Stanley India calling it a “watershed moment”. Under the new policy notified by the government, the government aims to achieve a production target of close to 5 million

New policy to reduce the cost of green hydrogen by 40-50%

India’s largest oil company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will set up ‘green hydrogen’ plants at its Mathura and Panipat refineries by 2024 to replace carbon-emitting units, as it considers hydrogen policy green which has just been announced as a turning point in the country’s energy transition. this will help reduce costs. SSV Ramakumar, director of

Green hydrogen has received political recognition

The Union government’s announcement of a new green hydrogen and green ammonia strategy, aimed at increasing domestic green hydrogen production to 5 million tonnes by 2030 and establishing India as a clean fuel export hub, has been a godsend to the green hydrogen sector. Despite the fact that green hydrogen is considered as an environmental

More incentives needed for green hydrogen policy, say experts

The ‘Green Hydrogen’ policy announced by the government on Thursday incentivises producers of this form of power but only partially, say experts. A notification by the Power Ministry on Thursday says that manufacturers of green hydrogen or ammonia may purchase renewable power from the power exchange or set up renewable energy capacity themselves or through

Wartsila to equip Poland’s first LNG-powered RoPax ships

Poland-based Remontowa shipyard has chosen Finland’s Wartsila for the delivery of engines, fuel storage and supply systems for three new RoPax ships. These are said to be the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-driven RoPax ships to be constructed for the Polish maritime industry. With an overall length of 195m, the vessels will be operated by

Why the LNG ‘gold rush’ could soon turn to dust

It was billed as a fuel for the energy transition. An incredibly dense, colourless fossil fuel that can be conveniently transported in ships around the world like crude oil, and which produces around half as much carbon as coal when regasified and burnt. Advocates of liquefied natural gas (LNG) predicted a final fossil fuel ‘gold

Experts sound the alarm on oil sector’s blue hydrogen push

The oil and gas industry is promoting the use of “low-carbon” hydrogen derived from methane that is potentially dirtier than burning fossil gas for energy, scientists and analysts have told Climate Home News. Observers say the European Commission’s decision to classify gas as a transition fuel in its green investment list leaves the door open

Reliance industries’ blue hydrogen plan will draw investors

Reliance Industries Ltd.’s plan to repurpose its $4-billion (about Rs 30,000 crore) gasification assets for clean energy will offer the Mukesh Ambani-controlled conglomerate an opportunity to rope in more investors, according to analysts. India’s biggest company by market value will use syngas—a product of coal gasification—to make blue hydrogen at a competitive cost of $1.2-1.5

A new, sustainable way to make hydrogen for fuel cells

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura. Unlike current methods, the new method does not require rare metals that are expensive or in short supply. Instead, hydrogen for

Reliance Industries targets to become world’s top blue hydrogen maker

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd is targeting to become one of the largest producers of blue hydrogen globally, producing the zero-emission fuel at costs that will be half of the global average. The operator of the world’s largest oil refining complex will re-purpose a Rs 30,000 crore plant that currently converts petroleum coke into