Lok Sabha Question No. 2759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Use of Hydrogen as Fuel
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th March, 2023

## USE OF HYDROGEN AS FUEL

†2759. SHRI DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to develop hydrogen as an environment friendly fuel instead of petroleum, diesel and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether any research has been started by the Government to come up with a new way of producing hydrogen in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the time by which the use of hydrogen as an environment-friendly fuel is likely to be started across the country?

## ANSWER

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ) ी रामेर तेली (

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a):  The Government has recently approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission which aims to decarbonise industrial and mobility sector through use of Green Hydrogen as a fuel and industrial feedstock.

(b):  Various Research & Development (R&D) activities on hydrogen are being undertaken by  Oil  &  Gas  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (OGPSUs).  OGPSUs  have  also  formed  a Hydrogen  Corpus  Fund  to  support  R&D  on  various  facets  of  hydrogen  including  its production. Research Activities undertaken by OGPSUs are attached as Annexure .

(c): Government has notified the use of hydrogen as automotive fuel for fuel cell vehicles on  16 th September,  2016.  The specifications  of  Hydrogen  as  a  reference  fuel  for  Internal Combustion Engine BS IV vehicles have also been notified on 16 th December, 2022.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2759 FOR 16.03.2023 REGARDING USE OF HYDROGEN AS FUEL.

Research Activities undertaken by OGPSUs in the field of Hydrogen:

| Oil &Gas PSUs                              | Research Activities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| GAIL (India) Ltd                           | Gail R&D is pursuing the following research works in collaboration with IIT-BHU, IISER, Kolkata and III, Madras:  Development of Natural Gas based Membrane Reformer for Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen Production  Development of Self-supported Electrode for large scale Electrochemical Hydrogen Generation  Design and development of a fully automated prototype of the Biomass Gasification system for production of hydrogen                                                                                                |
| Oil and Natural Gas Limited (ONGC)         | ONGC is working on hydrogen production through thermo- chemical cycles.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Oil India Limited (OIL)                    | OIL has commissioned a Green Hydrogen producing pilot plant of capacity 10 Kg per shift which can be scaled up to 30 Kg per day at Jorhat, Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) | HPCL Green R&D Centre has taken up various initiatives in the area of producing hydrogen:  Developing CO2-free and water-free process for production of HCNG. Currently, a pilot has been set up, which also produces Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT) as a valuable by-product.  Fabricating a green hydrogen plant based on indigenously developed technology (Alkaline Electrolyser)  Developed Blue Hydrogen technology in which CO2 will be captured from various streams using rotating packed bed system (HP-HIGAS Technology). |
| Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)          | IOCL patented HCNG (Hydrogen Spiked CNG) technology has been successfully demonstrated at Rajghat Bus depot on 50 CNG buses as part of joint study with IGL. IOCL (R&D) in collaboration with Tata Motors Ltd has carried out limited trials of country's first hydrogen fuel cell bus prototype.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |