Industry-led coalition India Hydrogen Alliance (IH2A) has sought government financial support of $360 million for its proposed 25/25 National Green Hydrogen Development Plan to create 25 first-generation national green hydrogen (H2) projects and national hydrogen hubs in the country by 2025.
The proposed framework seeks the creation of a National Hydrogen Development Corporation and a public-private advisory task force to ramp up the deployment of hydrogen projects in India.
The industry body recently submitted the proposal for the hydrogen development projects to NITI Aayog and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The proposal focuses on producing scalable hydrogen projects and hubs that can grow to gigawatt-scale projects in three years.
The financial support of $360 million will be utilized for capital expenditure (CAPEX) on electrolyzers and balance-of-plant…