National green hydrogen mission

Hydrogen atoms don’t exist on their own and are generally bonded with another atom or element. Now breaking hydrogen from the binding element to acquire pure hydrogen takes energy and the process adopted to break the molecular bond ascertains the type of final product, in this case, the kind of hydrogen one would derive. Blue hydrogen is the hydrogen produced from natural gas with a process of steam methane reforming, where natural gas is mixed with very hot steam and a catalyst instead of renewable energy as in the case of green hydrogen. If the emitting carbon dioxide is then captured and stored underground the resulting hydrogen is called “blue hydrogen.”

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The federal government is betting on a new technology to curb global warming. It's called green hydrogen. So what is that? Colorado Public Radio's Sam Brasch went to find out. SAM BRASCH, BYLINE: If you want to understand hydrogen, head to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. It's raining on the day I visit. For Keith Wipke, who leads the lab's hydrogen research, that rain looks a lot like a future energy source. KEITH WIPKE: So lots of fuel from the sky coming down in the form of water. BRASCH: (Laughter). WIPKE: We just need some wind and solar to split it into hydrogen. BRASCH: This is the alchemy Wipke wants to perfect, using clean energy to draw hydrogen out of plain old water. Inside the lab, we see a device called an electrolyzer. Water is piped in. Wires add power. Then it splits the H2O into oxygen and hydrogen, which bubbles out the other end. WIPKE: The unique thing about hydrogen is it's a molecule. And so you can move it around physically. You can store it. It just stays there. And you can use it later. BRASCH: That's why hydrogen could someday replace fossil fuels, like jet fuel in aircraft or diesel in long haul trucks. And using it doesn't release any climate-warming pollution. But here's the tricky part. To make this kind of hydrogen, you need electricity. And to make truly green hydrogen, you need clean electricity, like wind and solar. And now the federal government is set to spend billions on credits for hydroge...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 19,744 crore incentive plan to promote the manufacturing of green hydrogen in the country in a bid to cut emissions. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission which is expected to attract Rs 8 lakh crore of investment in the green hydrogen chain. India aims to produce 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen per annum in the next five years and the incentives would help bring down the cost. "The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved National Green Hydrogen Mission," Mr Thakur said while briefing reporters about the Cabinet decisions. Carbon-free hydrogen, which can be used as fuel in automobiles and as an energy source in industries such as oil refineries and steel plants, is produced by splitting water. When electricity generated from renewable sources such as the sun is used to split water through electrolysis, green hydrogen is produced. Oxygen is a by-product of such a process. The initial outlay for the mission will be Rs 19,744 crore, including an outlay of Rs 17,490 crore for the SIGHT programme, Rs 1,466 crore for pilot projects, Rs 400 crore for R&D, and Rs 388 crore towards other mission components. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will formulate the scheme guidelines for implementation. The mission seeks to promote development of green hydrogen production capacity of at leas...

Why in News? • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an initial outlay of Rs 19,744 crore, with the goal of making India energy independent and decarbonising major sectors of the economy. • The PM first announced the NGHM in his Independence Day speech in 2021, after which the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) was tasked with developing a draft plan. What’s in today’s article? • What is green hydrogen? • Where does India stand in the green hydrogen race? • News Summary What is green hydrogen? • Hydrogen gas (produced using industrial methods like electrolysis) can be used as a fuel and it does not release greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as carbon dioxide (CO2) when it is burned. Hence, a potential clean alternative to fossil fuels. • Green hydrogen is the name given to hydrogen gas that has been produced using renewable energy, such as wind or solar power, which create no GHG emissions. • Globally, most of the hydrogen produced today is used in the refining and industrial sectors - to make ammonia for the fertiliser industry, in the steel industry. • In a fuel cell (device that converts the energy of a chemical into electricity), hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen to produce electricity and water vapour. • By the end of the decade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) anticipates that hydrogen will find a host of new applications, including powering grids and fuelling the transportati...

The Department of Energy outlined Monday how hydrogen could become a major source of clean energy in the United States, even as the prospective industry awaits important decisions from other Biden administration agencies. Overall, the fuel could slash the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent through 2050, relative to 2005 levels, DOE said. To do so, the United States should aim to make about 10 million metric tons of low-carbon hydrogen per year by 2030 — about the same volume that is created today using a high-emissions process, according to the strategy document. Annual low-carbon production should then double by 2040 before reaching 50 million metric tons by 2050, it said. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, on a Monday press call, described the national strategy as a road map for the “colossal effort” of scaling up a “clean” hydrogen industry and said the fuel could create up to 100,000 jobs by 2030. Clean hydrogen would emit less than half of the CO2 equivalent emitted by today’s hydrogen production processes. “This is an enormous opportunity. It’s going to require not just a whole-of-government effort but a whole-of-America effort to get us there,” Granholm said. Federal agencies will prioritize hard-to-decarbonize sectors — such as heavy industry, aviation, steelmaking, chemical production, ships, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles — as consumers of low-carbon hydrogen, according to the document. Those priorities may be different from the priorities of ...

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