France, India adopt joint roadmap on renewable energy

India and France have adopted the “Indo-French Roadmap on the Development of Green Hydrogen” to work in a number of areas, including industrial partnerships on energy and for greater knowledge sharing and skill development.

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships of France, and R.K. Singh, Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, adopted the “Indo-French Roadmap on the Development of Green Hydrogen,” the French embassy in New Delhi said in a press statement.

On the occasion, Minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou said: “Today, I am proud to open this ambitious new chapter in the Indo-French partnership for the planet. France and India are teaming up to power the decarbonised hydrogen industry of the future.

Through this Roadmap, France and India commit to working together on establishing a regulatory framework for developing a decarbonised hydrogen value chain, covering production, storage, transportation and consumption.

It also aims at developing robust carbon-content certification methods to certify the carbon content of decarbonised hydrogen throughout its lifecycle. “Knowledge sharing and skill development programmes between certification bodies will be encouraged.”

The roadmap will also help support the industrial partnerships between the French and Indian energy industries. “France and India will facilitate contacts between economic actors, facilitate administrative procedures, and support pilot projects where suitable,” the release added.