Green Hydrogen (Series 1) : Framework And Developments In India

INTRODUCTION

Green hydrogen has emerged as one of the catalysts in the goal to achieve carbon neutrality and combat climate change. Green hydrogen is produced either through electrolysis of water using renewable electricity, separating hydrogen molecules from oxygen, or from biomass through thermochemical and biochemical routes. Production of hydrogen using renewable energy is an environmentally benign alternative to hydrogen production using fossil fuels owing to the zero-emission of carbon in the process.

India, recognizing the immense potential in the green hydrogen sector and its environmental benefits, has implemented a number of steps to decarbonize its economic growth path and meet the targets established following the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement was adopted on December 12, 2015, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties 21 to set out a global framework for avoiding dangerous climate change. India ratified the agreement on