HAI Newsletter

September, 2022

Vol. 1: Issue 21

Lok Sabha passes bill to promote use of ethanol, greenhydrogen & biomass

Editorial Committee
Alok Sharma
Kishore K. Bhimwal

The bill is aimed at helping the country achieve its international
commitments with respect to climate change goals. The billseeks to introduce new concepts such as carbon trading andmandate the use of non-fossil sources to ensure fasterdecarbonization of the Indian economy. Lok Sabha passed a billseeking to promote the use of non-fossil fuels, including ethanol,
green hydrogen and biomass. Piloting the Energy Conservation(Amendment) Bill, 2022, Power Minister R K Singh said "this isthe bill for the future" and added that the renewable energy
capacity addition in the country was the fastest in the world.
Among other provisions, it provides for penalties for violations byindustrial units or vessels as well as on manufacturers if avehicle fails to comply with fuel consumption norms. The
amendments also seek to promote renewable energy and thedevelopment of a domestic carbon market to battle climatechange. "India has emerged as the most attractive destination forinvestment in renewable energy and the whole world is saying
it," R K Singh said.
Ref: https://www.business-standard.com/

Indian Oil targets green
requirements by 2030

Quote:“All dreams are withinreach. All you have to dois keep moving towardsthem”-VIOLA DAVIS

hydrogenmeeting

10%ofIndian oil is targeting to replace at least a tenth of its current
fossil-fuel-based hydrogen at its refineries with carbon-freegreen hydrogen as part of a decarbonization drive. To start with,
the nation's largest oil firm is setting up green hydrogen plants at
its Panipat and Mathura refineries, IOC said in its latest annual
report. "The company is venturing into green hydrogenproduction and is targeting 5 per cent of hydrogen produced by
it as green hydrogen by 2027-28 and 10 per cent by 2029-30," IOC
Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya said to meet the net-zerocommitment, the Indian government has announced the Green
Hydrogen and Ammonia Policy to boost green hydrogenproduction to 5 million tonne by 2030 and make India an export
hub for this clean Fuel.
Ref: https://www.business-standard.com/

Volume 1, Issue 21India needs to promote and form Green Hydrogen Corridors,says NITI Aayog
India needs to form Green Hydrogen Corridors and governments can look at
providing grants to startups as well as support entrepreneurs to promote greenhydrogen, NITI Aayog said. In a report titled 'Harnessing Green Hydrogen Opportunities for Deep Decarbonization in India', the Aayog also suggested that
there is a need to facilitate investment through demand aggregation anddollar-based bidding for green hydrogen. The report suggested that thegovernment should promote export of green hydrogen and green hydrogenembedded products through a global hydrogen alliance. Transition to greenhydrogen and green ammonia is one of the major requirements for reduction ofemissions, especially in the hard to abate sectors.
The report predicted that hydrogen demand in India could grow more thanfourfold by 2050, representing almost 10 per cent of global hydrogen demand.
In the longer term, steel and heavy-duty trucking are likely to drive themajority of demand growth, accounting for almost 52 per cent of total demandby 2050, it added. Emphasizing that the roadmap should also identify atimeline and scale of manufacturing support for Electrolysers, the report said
India may aim for 25 GW of Electrolysers by 2030, while also investing USD 1
billion in R&D to catalyse the development of commercial green hydrogentechnologies.
Ref: https://www.business-standard.com/
ReNew to invest $8 billion to set up green hydrogen plant in Egypt
ReNew joins several Indian companies tapping the prospects in greenhydrogen, which is considered crucial to decarbonise hard-to-abate heavy
industries. The Indian company plans to build the project in the Suez Canal
Economic Zone, the Egyptian embassy in New Delhi said in a Facebook post.
ReNew Power has signed a preliminary agreement with the Egyptian
government to invest as much as $8 billion (over Rs 63,000 crore) to produce
green hydrogen in the African country, according to the chairman of therenewable energy firm. ReNew, backed by investors including Goldman Sachs
Group Inc and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, will be looking to produce
220,000 tonnes of the clean fuel annually in Egypt in the coming years,Chairman Sumant Sinha said in a text.
Ref: https://www.business-standard.com/
Hydrogen fuel cell patents rise, with China leading the way
Filings for hydrogen fuel cell patents have been spiking worldwide as thedemand for clean fuel takes off. The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) says patent filings for H2 are rising fast.WIPO claims
that hydrogen fuel cell patents for vehicles and related tech are rising
quickly worldwide. The organization’s report said that China, Japan andGermany are the countries from which the largest number of patent filings
have taken place.
The WIPO report showed that the applications from the H2 sector had risen
by almost 23.5 percent between 2016 and 2020. Chinese innovators filed
applications for 7,261 hydrogen fuel cell patents.This figure represents 69
percent of the total patents filed for this category of technology between
2016 and 2020.The hydrogen fuel cell patents are focused on thepowertrain technology widely viewed as the most carbon neutral, as theonly emission that comes from vehicle tailpipes is water.
Ref: http://www.hydhogenfuelnews.com/

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Hydrogen fuel cells could eliminate CO2 from heavy vehicles,
says HMI
using H2 to power transportation vehicles in the near future could entirely stop
CO2 emissions they produce. The adoption of hydrogen fuel cells to power heavy
goods vehicles could entirely eliminate the carbon dioxide emissions they
produce, according to the Hydrogen Mobility Ireland (HMI) representative body.
The representative organization released the prediction in a recently published
whitepaper. The whitepaper was prepared in response to a decision made by
the government of that country to begin a public consultation for developing anational green hydrogen fuel cells strategy. It was released along with aresearch paper on the advantages of using renewable H2. HMI said about its
whitepaper that it “demonstrates how the progress of other European
countries can provide a useful template for Ireland, as it seeks to develop its
own strategy for the deployment of green hydrogen across public and privatetransport.”H2 has endorsement at an EU level.
Ref: http://www.hydhogenfuelnews.com/
Larsen & Toubro commissions new green hydrogen plant at Hazira in Gujarat
The plant will produce 45 kg of green hydrogen daily, which will be used for
captive consumption in the company's Hazira manufacturing complex.
Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Saturday commissioned a newgreen hydrogen plant at Hazira in Gujarat. The development comes five months
after the company inked a joint venture with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) andReNew Power for the production of green hydrogen. L&T and IOC had also inked
a separate joint venture for the production of electrolysers. Thegreen hydrogen plant was inaugurated by Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman,
IOC. The plant will produce 45 kg of green hydrogen daily, which will be used
for captive consumption in the company’s Hazira manufacturing complex. Thegreen hydrogen plant is designed for an electrolyser capacity of 800 kW
comprising both alkaline (380 kW) and polymer electrolyte membrane (420 kW)
technologies. It will be powered by a rooftop solar plant of 990kW peak DC
capacity and a 500kWh battery energy storage system (BESS). As part of thefirst phase of the project, a 380 kW alkaline electrolyser has been installed,
while the 420 kW PEM electrolyser along with solar plant capacity augmentation
to 1.6 MW peak DC, will be part of future expansion.
Ref: https://www.business-standard.com/

Green hydrogen fuel and technology backed by Amazon and other giantsCompanies like Mitsubishi and Honeywell are focusing on investing in
renewable H2. Even though the second half of 2022 has brought a slowing in
the venture capital market, investments into green hydrogen by large
companies – particularly substantial emitters – have been rising. This could
help to kickstart renewable H2 as a primary fuel in decarbonizing heavy
industry. Big emitters such as heavy industry are looking to green hydrogenas an option for decarbonizing as battery electric options simply are notpractical for many of those applications. As a result, many business giantsfrom around the world are turning their attention into the clean fuel’s
production and distribution.
Ref: http://www.hydhogenfuelnews.com/

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Upcoming Events:
 Hydrogen Americas
Summit Washington D.C.,
USA: 10-11th October 2022
 Hydrogen Technology
Expo Europe Messe
Bremen, Germany: 1920th October 2022
 F-CELL CHINA 2022Shanghai Automobile
Exhibition Center, 7575
Boyuan Road, Jiading
District, Shanghai, China
1-3rd December 2022
 9th International Hydrogen& Fuel Cell Conference(IHFC 2022) at Hotel The
Lalit, Barakhamba Road,New Delhi: 4 – 6thDecember 2022
 Berlin Electrolyser
Conference Berlin,
Germany: 7-8th December
2022

Hydrogen Associationof India
IOC R&D Centre,
Sector-13,
Faridabad-121007
Haryana, India

E-mail:ed.cht@cht.gov.in

Future Lies HereH2FLY is preparing to fly a fuel cell aircraft
In early 2023, an intensive series of ground tests will begin to put theplane through its paces. Until now, the HY4 that was last shown atthe Friedrichshafen AERO trade fair and then in the UK at therecent Farnborough Air Show, was operated using compressedhydrogen gas. In a few weeks, the fuel cell aircraft will have its
pressurized H2 gas tanks replaced in favor of tanks that will store
liquid H2 instead. According to the announcement from H2FLY,
switching to the liquid form of the zero-emission fuel will double
the HY4 plane’s range. That said, before the HY4 and its new tanks
can be flown, it will need to undergo extensive testing. They havealready been scheduled.
The reason the testing is highly important is that the two different
storage technologies have substantial differences from each other.
It is important to be able to sort out any potential problems that
could arise during integration or commissioning while the plane isstill on the ground, not while it is in flight.
Ref: http://www.hydhogenfuelnews.com/

India set to be leader in green hydrogen: Petroleum Minister Puri
at Davos
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri said said
special emphasis is being given on green hydrogen, biofuel
blending and exploration and production of biofuel fromalternative sources. India is more conscious of going for green
energy than any other country in the world, Union Petroleum andNatural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. He said special
emphasis is being given on green hydrogen, biofuel blending andexploration and production of biofuel from alternative sources.
Puri asserted that India would eventually become a leader in thegreen hydrogen space. The target of 20 per cent of ethanol
blending has been brought forward from 2030 to 2025 and it would
be definitely achieved, he said.
Ref: http://www.hydhogenfuelnews.com/
Adani, Total Energies join hands to invest $50 billion in greenhydrogen
Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group said, he is confident thecompany will produce the world's least expensive green hydrogen.
French giant TotalEnergies will buy a quarter of the equity in Adani
New Industries Ltd (ANIL), a part of Gautam Adani’s eponymousgroup. The Adani group did not disclose the value of the deal.
Instead, it talked about ANIL investing $50 billion over 10 years ingreen hydrogen and, in the initial phase, building a production
capacity of 1 million tonnes a year for green hydrogen before
2030.
ANIL is critical to Adani’s ambition of becoming the world’scheapest producer of green hydrogen, the zero-emission fuel thatcan propel the world’s decarbonisation drive but has yet to be
produced in a way that makes it commercially viable.
Ref: https://www.business-standard.com/