Lok Sabha Question No. 2588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Green Hydrogen related Research and Development
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2588

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## GREEN HYDROGEN RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

## 2588. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI SHRI N. REDDEPPA

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  create  a  separate  fund  dedicated  to  research  and development with respect to green hydrogen for which the technology and scale are still at a nascent stage;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  steps  to  look  into  increasing  the  basic  life  of electrolyzer plants to make green hydrogen production more viable in the long term; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the funds being dedicated for the same and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) On 4 th January 2023, the Union Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an initial outlay of ₹ 19,744 crore. The Mission proposes a comprehensive R&D programme inter alia to  support innovation efforts for improving affordability, efficiency and reliability of Green  Hydrogen  technologies  including  electrolysers.  An  outlay  of  ₹  400  crore  has  been earmarked for the R&D programme.

Council  of  Scientific  &  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  is  implementing  a  Hydrogen  Technology (H2T) program with a budget of about ₹ 80 crore for strengthening its Research, Innovation and Technology  Development  activities  on  Green  Hydrogen.  The  program  inter  alia  focuses  on technologies  for  improving  life  of  electrolyzers  by  development  of  thermochemically  robust membranes/electrolytes, reinforced fluoropolymer membranes, graphite composite bipolar plates, and ceramic interconnects.

Additionally, under Department of Science and Technology's call of 'Advanced Hydrogen & Fuel Cell (AHEC 2021)', R&D projects are being supported on various hydrogen technologies. Of these, the following 2 projects are related to increasing the life of electrolyzers:

|   S. No. | Title                                                                                                                                                                              | Implementing Institute                                 | Total Sanctioned Amount   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Development of Electrodes and modular Compact Membrane less Electrolyzer set up for sustainable H2 production from sea/tap/ground water                                            | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi | ₹ 2,53,28,000/-           |
|        2 | Development of Alkaline Water Electrolyser Stack Prototype for green H2 production from dynamic renewable energy devices using self-repairable Electrocatalyst and stable Membrane | CHRIST University (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru | ₹ 70,62,360/-             |