Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The Indo-German Green Hydrogen Roadmap outlines key strategies to encourage private sector investment, promote green hydrogen trade and export, and facilitate the exchange of information, particularly around challenging hard-to-abate sectors and certification standards.

Anil K Agrawal, founder and chief executive officer, Airox Nigen Group, spoke to pv magazine ahead of the launch of the company’s new arm Aspire Hydrogen. Led by Aniruddh Agrawal, Aspire Hydrogen will set up an integrated green hydrogen value chain in Haryana. This incidentally coincides with 30 year completion of Airox Nigen.

Gensol Engineering and Matrix Gas & Renewables have partnered to develop a green hydrogen powered steel facility with a capacity of 50 tons per day (tpd).

Airox Nigen Equipments, a turnkey solution provider for green hydrogen production, has announced the execution of over 80+ hydrogen generation plants across India, becoming the first company in the country to achieve this milestone. The company targets to reach 100 hydrogen plants by 2025.

Adani Total Gas has started green hydrogen blending at 2.2-2.3% by volume in piped natural gas (PNG) supplies to Adani Shantigram township in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Hygenco Green Energies has invited bids for over 1,125 MW of renewable energy to support its upcoming green ammonia project. The company intends to procure 625 MW from solar PV projects and 500 MW through wind power.

Advait Energy Holdings has made a further investment in the Norwegian company TECO 2030 that develops PEM hydrogen fuel cell stacks and PEM hydrogen fuel cell modules. 

India’s hydrogen revolution is gaining momentum, but to fully realise its potential, the country must bridge the gap between production and demand. The government’s policies have successfully catalysed investments and spurred innovation, but future success will depend on driving consumption and scaling up both production and infrastructure.

“The National Green Hydrogen Mission is giving an impetus to innovation, infrastructure, industry and investment,” said Prime minister Narendra Modi in his inaugural address at 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen.

The German government says that the H2Mare OffgridWind project in Denmark has connected two electrolyzers to a wind turbine for hydrogen production, while Ontras Gastransport and H2 Energy Europe have agreed to define the technical and commercial framework for hydrogen transportation in its Green Octopus Mitteldeutschland pipeline project.