India bets on green hydrogen to become energy net exporter

India has started to deploy hydrogen-based fuel cell vehicles and charging stations in a bid to develop a green hydrogen ecosystem and become an energy net exporter on the back of abundant solar energy reserves.Mint and The Economic Times reported that India’s union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari said India pays INR8 trillion a year for energy import, which will balloon to INR25 trillion if nothing changes. Still, India has a chance to become an energy net exporter by adopting green hydrogen.Gadkari said India would form a policy for electrolyzers, and he had requested India’s Ministry of Power to waive off transmission duty and some other charges for green hydrogen. India’s power ministry asks state-owned power generator NTPC to deploy hydrogen-fuelled buses between Delhi and Jaipur. Besides, India will set up 25 to 30 green hydrogen charging stations…

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