The government has notified the Green Hydrogen Standard for India. The standard issued by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India outlines the emission thresholds that must be met in order for hydrogen produced to be classified as ‘Green’, i.e., from renewable sources.
Key points
- The scope of the definition encompasses both electrolysis-based and biomass-based hydrogen production methods.
- The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has decided to define Green Hydrogen as having a well-to-gate emission (i.e., including water treatment, electrolysis, gas purification, drying and compression of hydrogen) of not more than 2 kg CO2 equivalent / kg H2.
- The notification also specifies that the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power shall be the Nodal Authority for accreditation of agencies for the monitoring, verification and certification for Green Hydrogen production projects.
Green hydrogen
- Green hydrogen is a clean energy source that only emits water vapour and leaves no residue in the air, unlike coal and oil.
- The Green Hydrogen technology is based on the generation of hydrogen — a universal, light and highly reactive fuel — through a chemical process known as electrolysis.
- This method uses an electrical current to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen in water.
- If this electricity is obtained from renewable sources we will, therefore, produce energy without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
