Lok Sabha Question No. 1949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-11
Subject: Green Hydrogen Projects in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Raja A

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1949

ANSWERED ON 11.02.2026

## GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS IN TAMILNADU

1949. SHRI RAJA A

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of objectives of National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) and the number of projects actually launched on ground since the launch of NGHM;
- (b) the total expenditure incurred under these projects along with the details of the schedule of completion; and
- (c) the details of status of the projects in Tamil Nadu particularly Green Hydrogen Generation, Clean Hydrogen in Karaikudi?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)  to (c) The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an  objective  to  make  India  a  global  hub  of  production,  usage  and  export  of  Green  Hydrogen  and  its derivatives.  India's Green Hydrogen production capacity is likely to reach 5 Million Metric Tonnes per annum by 2030.

As on 6 th February 2026, an expenditure of ₹ 249.44 crores has been incurred under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM).

The details of projects under NGHM are given below:

- i. Under  the  incentive  scheme  for  Green  Hydrogen  production  (Mode-1),  companies  have  been awarded a Green Hydrogen capacity of 8,62,000 tonnes per annum ( Annexure-I )
- ii. Under  the  incentive  scheme  for  Electrolyser  Manufacturing,  companies  have  been  awarded Electrolyser manufacturing capacity of total 3000 MW per annum ( Annexure-II )
- iii. Under  the  incentive  scheme  for  procurement  of  Green  Hydrogen  for  refineries  (Mode  2B), companies have been awarded a capacity of total 20,000 tonnes per annum ( Annexure-III )
- iv. The details of the pilot projects for the use of Green Hydrogen in the steel, shipping, and transport sectors,  along  with  the  projects  under  the  Testing  and  R&D  schemes  and  Hydrogen  Valley Innovation Clusters (HVIC)s, are provided in the Annexure-IV.

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## Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche I) -Annexure I

|   S. No. | Developer/Investor                                               |   Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | CESC Projects Limited                                            |                                   10500 | February 2027             |
|        2 | UPL Limited                                                      |                                   10000 | February 2027             |
|        3 | Reliance Industry Limited                                        |                                   90000 | February 2027             |
|        4 | Welspun Sabarmati GH2 Private Limited                            |                                   20000 | February 2027             |
|        5 | HHP Two Pvt Ltd                                                  |                                   75000 | February 2027             |
|        6 | Torrent Power Ltd                                                |                                   18000 | February 2027             |
|        7 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Pvt Ltd                                 |                                   90000 | February 2027             |
|        8 | Greenko ZeroC Pvt Ltd                                            |                                   90000 | February 2027             |
|        9 | JSW Neo Energy Limited [SPV: JSW Renewable Energy - (Vijaynagar) |                                    6500 | February 2027             |
|       10 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited                             |                                    2000 | February 2027             |

## Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche II)

|   S. No. | Developer/Investor                                 |   Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Limited           |                                   90000 | February 2028             |
|        2 | GH2 Solar Limited                                  |                                   10500 | February 2028             |
|        3 | Green Infra Renewable Energy Farms Private Limited |                                   90000 | February 2028             |
|        4 | L&T Energy Green Tech Limited                      |                                   90000 | February 2028             |
|        5 | Oriana Power Limited                               |                                   10000 | February 2028             |
|        6 | Reliance Industry Limited                          |                                   49000 | February 2028             |
|        7 | Suryadeep KA1 Project Private Limited              |                                   19000 | February 2028             |
|        8 | Matrix Gas &Renewables Limited                     |                                    1500 | February 2028             |
|        9 | Waaree Clean Energy Solutions Pvt Limited          |                                   90000 | February 2028             |

## Companies  selected  under  the  Incentive  Scheme  for  Electrolyser  Manufacturing (Tranche I) - Annexure II

|   S. No. | Developer/Investor                                |   Allocated capacity (MW per annum) | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Reliance Industries Limited                       |                                 300 | August 2026               |
|        2 | Ohmium Operations Private Limited                 |                                 137 | August 2026               |
|        3 | John Cockerill Greenko Hydrogen Solutions Private |                                 300 | August 2026               |

|    | Limited                            |       |             |
|----|------------------------------------|-------|-------------|
|  4 | Advait GreenEnergy Private Limited | 100   | August 2026 |
|  5 | Adani New Industries Limited       | 198.5 | August 2026 |
|  6 | L&T Electrolysers Limited          | 300   | August 2026 |
|  7 | Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited  |  63   | August 2026 |
|  8 | Homihydrogen Private Limited       | 101.5 | August 2026 |

## Companies  selected  under  the  Incentive  Scheme  for  Electrolyser  Manufacturing (Tranche II)

|   S. No. | Developer/Investor                                                                |   Allocated capacity (MW per annum) | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Adani New Industries Limited                                                      |                               101.5 | March 2027                |
|        2 | Advait GreenEnergy Private Limited                                                |                               200   | March 2027                |
|        3 | Avaada Electrolyser Private Limited                                               |                                49.5 | March 2027                |
|        4 | Eastern Electrolyser Limited                                                      |                                30   | March 2027                |
|        5 | Greenovate Hydrogen Private Limited                                               |                               105   | March 2027                |
|        6 | Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited                                                 |                               237   | March 2027                |
|        7 | Newage Green Electro Private Limited (SPV- Newage Electrogen One Private Limited) |                               300   | March 2027                |
|        8 | Newtrace Private Limited                                                          |                                30   | March 2027                |
|        9 | Ohmium Operations Private Limited                                                 |                               137   | March 2027                |
|       10 | Suryaashish KA1 Solar Park Private Limited                                        |                                10   | March 2027                |
|       11 | Waaree Clean Energies Solution private Ltd                                        |                               300   | March 2027                |

## Companies selected  under  the  Incentive  Scheme  for  Green  Hydrogen  Production  for refinery sector (Mode 2B) -Annexure III

|   S. No. | Developer/Investor              |   Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | L&T Energy Greentech Ltd (LTEG) |                                   10000 | December 2027             |
|        2 | Ocior Energy                    |                                    5000 | March 2028                |
|        3 | Ocior Energy                    |                                    5000 | April 2028                |

## Details of projects/pilot projects sanctioned, approved or operational under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) Annexure IV

|   S. No. | Project                                                                                                                                                                                              | Location                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Implementing Agency                                                                    |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Use of hydrogen in existing Blast Furnace to reduce coal/coke consumption Use of hydrogen in existing Blast Furnace to reduce coal/coke                                                              | Bokaro, Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                          | Steel Authority of India Ltd                                                           |
|        1 | consumption                                                                                                                                                                                          | Vijayanagar, Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                     | JSW Steel Limited                                                                      |
|        2 | Injection of Hydrogen in vertical shaft based DRI making to partially substitute the NG/ other reducing gas & raise its proportion in a gradual manner with an objective to use the maximum hydrogen | Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Limited                                                                                                                                                                  | Hazira, Gujarat                                                                        |
|        2 |                                                                                                                                                                                                      | JSW Steel Limited                                                                                                                                                                                          | Vijayanagar, Karnataka                                                                 |
|        2 |                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Jindal Steel &Power Limited                                                                                                                                                                                | Angul, Odisha                                                                          |
|        3 | Pilot Projects Awarded in Transport Sector                                                                                                                                                           | Routes: 1. Greater Noida - Delhi - Agra 2. Bhubaneshwar - Konark - Puri Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. NTPC campus in Greater Noida 2. Bhubaneswar                                        | NTPC (with buses manufactured by Ashok Leyland)                                        |
|        3 |                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Routes: 1. Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Surat 2. Sahibabad - Faridabad - Delhi 3. Pune - Mumbai 4. Jamshedpur - Kalinga Nagar Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Balasore 2. Mumbai Highway Routes: | Tata Motors + Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                           |
|        3 |                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1. Thiruvananthapuram - Kochi, 2. Kochi - Edappally                                                                                                                                                        | Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT) + Bharat Petroleum |

| S. No.   | Project                                                                                                                 | Location                                                                                                             | Implementing Agency                                   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                                                                                                                         | Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Trivandrum 2. Kochi                                                  | Corporation Limited (BPCL)                            |
|          |                                                                                                                         | Routes: 1. Jamnagar - Ahmedabad Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Near Rajkot 2. Near Vadodara         | Reliance Industries Limited + Ashok Leyland           |
|          |                                                                                                                         | Routes: 1. NH - 16 Vasakhapatnam - Bayyavaram Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Bayyavaram, Anakapalli | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited + Volvo       |
| 4        | Pilot Bunkering and refueling facility for Green Hydrogen or its derivative on a pilot basis at V.O. Chidambaranar Port | V.O. Chidambaranar Port (Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu)                                                                      | V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority                     |
| 5        | Project under Testing Scheme: H2 Gas Purity Testing                                                                     | Kapurthala, Punjab                                                                                                   | Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio- Energy |
| 6        | Project under Testing Scheme: Electrolyser Stack, H2 dispensers, Fuel Cell, Storage cylinder and piping; valves         | Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                                                                                 | Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute      |
| 7        | Project under Testing Scheme: Fuel Cell                                                                                 | Hyderabad, Telangana                                                                                                 | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited                      |
| 8        | Project under Testing Scheme: H2 ICE (Type approval Testing), FCEV and Materials                                        | Pune, Maharashtra                                                                                                    | Automotive Research Association of India              |
| 9        | Project under Testing Scheme: Material for H2 storage and transportation                                                | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand                                                                                                | National Metallurgical Laboratory (Jamshedpur)        |
| 10       | JHV Innovation Foundation                                                                                               | Jodhpur, Rajasthan                                                                                                   | IIT Jodhpur                                           |
| 11       | Odisha Hydrogen Valley Foundation                                                                                       | Bhubaneshwar, Odisha                                                                                                 | IIT Bhubaneshwar                                      |
| 12       | Pune Hydrogen Valley Foundation                                                                                         | Pune, Maharashtra                                                                                                    | CSIR - NCL Pune                                       |

|   S. No. | Project                                                                                                                                                                  | Location              | Implementing Agency                                           |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|       13 | Kerala HVIC Foundation                                                                                                                                                   | Kochi, Kerala         | ANERT                                                         |
|       14 | Development and Demonstration of Direct Injection Hydrogen Fuelled Internal Combustion Engines (H2ICE) for Heavy Duty Commercial                                         | Pune, Maharashtra     | Automotive Research Association of India                      |
|       15 | Development of retrofitted kit for H2ICE Application                                                                                                                     | Gurugram, Haryana     | Shigan Nexgen Technologies Private Limited (promoted by IOCL) |
|       16 | Development and Demonstration of Hydrogen fueled Internal Combustion Engine for Agricultural tractor                                                                     | Chennai, Tamil Nadu   | Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd                                     |
|       17 | Prototype Development of a Highly Efficient Compression Ignition Hydrogen Engine for the Agriculture Sector Using a Novel High-Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) Strategy | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | IIT Kanpur                                                    |
|       18 | Development of hydrogen-powered high- power density fuel cell drone for oil & gas applications (TRL -3/4)                                                                | Gurugram, Haryana     | Hypace Solutions Private Limited, Gurugram                    |
|       19 | Development of Fuel cell powered high endurance UAVs for niche strategic and societal applications                                                                       | Bengaluru, Karnataka  | Magic Myna Private Limited, Bengaluru                         |
|       20 | Green Hydrogen Generation via Direct seawater electrolysis: A systematic bottom-up approch using selective electrocatalyst and electrochemical cell designs              | Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi    |
|       21 | A Supramolecular Approach to Improve the Stability and Efficiency of Alkaline Electrolyzer Membranes                                                                     | Chennai, Tamil Nadu   | SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai                |

|   S. No. | Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Location                   | Implementing Agency                                        |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|       22 | Integrated Heat Management for Energy- Efficient Membrane- Based Direct Seawater Desalination Enabling Green Hydrogen Production                                                                                          | Pune, Maharashtra          | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune                    |
|       23 | Development of High- Performance PEM Membranes for application in Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell                                                                                                                              | Gujarat                    | GFCL Solar and Green Hydrogen Products Limited, Gujarat    |
|       24 | Clean Hydrogen: Enhancing Biohydrogen Purity through Advanced Adsorption Purification                                                                                                                                     | Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu      | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
|       25 | Synergistic Biohythane Production: Integrating Biohydrogen and Biomethane Bioprocesses                                                                                                                                    | Pune, Maharashtra          | Texol Energy Private Limited                               |
|       26 | Technology Demonstration Plant for the Production of 0.5 TPD Green Hydrogen from Pyrolysis + Gasification of Coconut Shell and Cashew Nutshell                                                                            | Goa                        | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai                   |
|       27 | Biomass to Green Hydrogen: Development of 100 kg/day H2 production via oxy- steam-CO2 gasification integrated with catalytic CO conversion and continuous H2 separation using a mixed matrix hollow fibre membrane system | Pilani, Rajasthan          | Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani         |
|       28 | Pilot plant demonstration of Hydrogen production from agricultural waste through integrated pyrolysis and catalytic steam reforming process                                                                               | Ropar, Punjab              | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar                       |
|       29 | AI based smart sensors for rapid and real time detection of ppm level H2                                                                                                                                                  | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research         |

| S. No.   | Project                                                                                                         | Location                                         | Implementing Agency                                                    |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | leaks in hydrogen storage and distribution structures                                                           |                                                  |                                                                        |
| 30       | Securing the Future: AI- Driven Insights into Global Hydrogen Incidents for Enhanced Safety and Risk Management | Patiala, Punjab                                  | Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology                           |
| 31       | Spontaneous Combustion Behaviour of Pressurized Hydrogen Leaks                                                  | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh                          | IIT BHU                                                                |
| 32       | Application of Causal Analysis and Machine Learning for Risk Severity Prediction in Hydrogen Facilities         | Gurugram, Haryana                                | Engineers India Limited                                                |
| 33       | Electronic Hydrogen Leak Detector based on MEMS Integrated 1-D Nanofibers and Nanotubes of Semiconductor Oxides | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                       | CSIR - National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science and Technology |
| 34       | CFD Modelling in Flacs- Hydrogen software for Hydrogen Safety and Risk Assessment                               | Gurugram, Haryana                                | Shriram Institute for Industrial Research                              |
| 35       | Hydrogen Explosions- Developing Phenomenological Models from Fundamental Experiments                            | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and Hyderabad, Telangana | IIT BHU+ IIT Hyderabad                                                 |