Express News Service
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government is likely to play a major role in the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which will facilitate the transition of the Indian economy to low-carbon intensity production methods, reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports, and make the country assume technology and market leadership in this sunrise sector, according to state industries secretary S Krishnan.
“The state had held a series of consultative meetings and a hydrogen policy will be chalked out within the next few weeks,” he said. Krishnan’s statements come in the backdrop of union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman declaring in her budget speech that the recently-launched National Green Hydrogen Mission, with an outlay of Rs 19,700 crore, aims to reach an annual production of 5 MMT by 2030.
Green hydrogen refers to the hydrogen gas produced by…