Centre Issues Guidelines For Funding Testing Facilities, Infrastructure Under National Green Hydrogen Mission

By  News On Air   Jul 04, 2024

The Centre today issued guidelines for funding testing facilities, infrastructure, and institutional support for the development of Standards and Regulatory framework under the National Green Hydrogen Mission. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has said that the scheme will be implemented with a total budgetary outlay of two hundred crore rupees till the financial year 2025-26.

The scheme to be implemented by the National Institute of Solar Energy will support the identification of the gaps in the existing testing facilities for components, technologies, and processes in the value chain of Green Hydrogen and its derivatives. The Ministry informed that the Scheme will support the creation of new testing facilities and the upgradation of existing Testing Facilities to ensure safe and secure operations. The scheme encompasses the development of robust quality and performance testing facilities to ensure quality, sustainability, and safety in GH2 production and trade.

Our correspondent reports that the National Green Hydrogen Mission was launched on the 4th of January last year with an outlay of over 19 thousand seven hundred crore rupees up to Financial Year 2029-30. It will contribute to India’s goal to become Aatma Nirbhar through clean energy and serve as an inspiration for the global Clean Energy Transition. The Mission will lead to significant decarbonization of the economy, reduced dependence on fossil fuel imports, and enable India to assume technology and market leadership in Green Hydrogen.