Lok Sabha Question No. 669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Projects under National Green Hydrogen Mission
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 669

ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## PROJECTS UNDER NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION

## 669. SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI

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

- (a) the details of projects sanctioned, approved or operational under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh along with project locations, implementing agencies, capacity targets and present status;
- (b) the funds allocated, sanctioned, released and utilised for each Mission component especially for infrastructure, skilling and R&D, year and State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the names of companies selected under the Incentive Schemes for Electrolyser Manufacturing and Green Hydrogen Production along with their approved capacity, investment commitments, locations and commissioning timelines;
- (d) whether any coastal locations, ports or renewable energy zones in Andhra Pradesh have been identified for Green Hydrogen export hubs and the status of feasibility studies or proposals and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of international collaborations, technology transfers or investments linked to the mission including those proposed or underway in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) to (c) The details of projects under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (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 (AnnexureIII)
- (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, are provided in the A nnexure-IV.
- (v) The details of the funds allocated, sanctioned, released/utilized under the NGHM, are provided in the A nnexure-V.

(d) (i) Government of Andhra Pradesh has issued an order for establishing the State as green hydrogen hub. (ii) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has endorsed the proposal by NTPC Green Energy Limited for setting up of the Green Hydrogen Hub at Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh. (e) (i) M/s AM Green partnered with M/s John Cockerill for developing an electrolyser manufacturing plant in Kakinada. (ii) M/s Juno Joule Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Select Energy GmbH to co-develop Green Hydrogen and Ammonia facility in Andhra Pradesh. (ii)  M/s Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS has entered into a technology licensing agreement with M/s Reliance Industries Limited. (iii) M/s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has entered into an Electrolyzer Manufacturing Agreement with M/s McPhy Energy. (iv) M/s Thermax partners with M/s Ceres Power Limited for Green Hydrogen Production

- with Large -Scale Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) Manufacturing in India.

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

|   S. No. | Company                                                          |   Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) | Investment commitments                            | Tentative Location        | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | CESC Projects Limited                                            |                                   10500 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Odisha                    | February 2027             |
|        2 | UPL Limited                                                      |                                   10000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Gujarat                   | February 2027             |
|        3 | Reliance Industry Limited                                        |                                   90000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Gujarat                   | February 2027             |
|        4 | Welspun Sabarmati GH2 Private Limited                            |                                   20000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Gujarat                   | February 2027             |
|        5 | HHP Two Pvt Ltd                                                  |                                   75000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Odisha                    | February 2027             |
|        6 | Torrent Power Ltd                                                |                                   18000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Not finalised             | February 2027             |
|        7 | Acme Cleantech Solutions Pvt Ltd                                 |                                   90000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Odisha                    | February 2027             |
|        8 | Greenko ZeroC Pvt Ltd                                            |                                   90000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Andhra Pradesh            | February 2027             |
|        9 | JSW Neo Energy Limited [SPV: JSW Renewable Energy - (Vijaynagar) |                                    6500 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Karnataka                 | February 2027             |
|       10 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited                             |                                    2000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Madhya Pradesh and Kerala | February 2027             |

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

|   S. No. | Company                                            |   Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) | Investment commitments                            | Tentative Location   | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | AMGreen Ammonia (India) Private Limited            |                                   90000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Not finalised        | February 2028             |
|        2 | GH2 Solar Limited                                  |                                   10500 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Not finalised        | February 2028             |
|        3 | Green Infra Renewable Energy Farms Private Limited |                                   90000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Tamil Nadu           | February 2028             |
|        4 | L&T Energy Green Tech Limited                      |                                   90000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Gujarat              | February 2028             |
|        5 | Oriana Power Limited                               |                                   10000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Uttar Pradesh        | February 2028             |

|   6 | Reliance Industry Limited                 |   49000 | Gujarat       | February 2028   |
|-----|-------------------------------------------|---------|---------------|-----------------|
|   7 | Suryadeep KA1 Project Private Limited     |   19000 | Not finalised | February 2028   |
|   8 | Matrix Gas& Renewables Limited            |    1500 | Not finalised | February 2028   |
|   9 | Waaree Clean Energy Solutions Pvt Limited |   90000 | Not finalised | February 2028   |

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

|   S. No. | Company                                                   |   Allocated capacity (MW per annum) | Investment commitments                              | Tentative Location   | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Reliance Industries Limited                               |                               300   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | August 2026               |
|        2 | Ohmium Operations Private Limited                         |                               137   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Karnataka            | August 2026               |
|        3 | John Cockerill Greenko Hydrogen Solutions Private Limited |                               300   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Andhra Pradesh       | August 2026               |
|        4 | Advait GreenEnergy Private Limited                        |                               100   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | August 2026               |
|        5 | Adani New Industries Limited                              |                               198.5 | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | August 2026               |
|        6 | L&T Electrolysers Limited                                 |                               300   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | August 2026               |
|        7 | Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited                         |                                63   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | August 2026               |
|        8 | Homihydrogen Private Limited                              |                               101.5 | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Maharashtra          | August 2026               |

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

|   S. No. | Company                            |   Allocated capacity (MW per annum) | Investment commitments                              | Tentative Location   | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Adani New Industries Limited       |                               101.5 | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | March 2027                |
|        2 | Advait GreenEnergy Private Limited |                               200   | Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer | Gujarat              | March 2027                |

|   3 | Avaada Electrolyser Private Limited                                               |   49.5 | Not finalised   | March 2027   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------|--------------|
|   4 | Eastern Electrolyser Limited                                                      |     30 | Uttar Pradesh   | March 2027   |
|   5 | Greenovate Hydrogen Private Limited                                               |    105 | Madhya Pradesh  | March 2027   |
|   6 | Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited                                                 |    237 | Gujarat         | March 2027   |
|   7 | Newage Green Electro Private Limited (SPV- Newage Electrogen One Private Limited) |    300 | Not finalised   | March 2027   |
|   8 | Newtrace Private Limited                                                          |     30 | Karnataka       | March 2027   |
|   9 | OhmiumOperations Private Limited                                                  |    137 | Karnataka       | March 2027   |
|  10 | Suryaashish KA1 Solar Park Private Limited                                        |     10 | Gujarat         | March 2027   |
|  11 | Waaree Clean Energies Solution private Ltd                                        |    300 | Gujarat         | March 2027   |

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

|   S. No. | Company                         |   Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) | Investment commitments                            | Tentative Location             | Commissioning Timelines   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | L&T Energy Greentech Ltd (LTEG) |                                   10000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Panipat, Haryana               | December 2027             |
|        2 | Ocior Energy                    |                                    5000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Visakh refinery, Visakhapatnam | March 2028                |
|        3 | Ocior Energy                    |                                    5000 | Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer | Bina Refinery, Madhya Pradesh  | 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 | 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 | 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 Routes:                | NTPC (with buses manufactured by Ashok Leyland) |
|        3 | Pilot Projects Awarded in Transport Sector                                                                                                                                                           | 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 | Tata Motors + IOCL                              |
|        3 | Pilot Projects Awarded in Transport Sector                                                                                                                                                           | Routes: 1. Thiruvananthapuram - Kochi, 2. Kochi - Edappally                                                                                                                                | ANERT + BPCL                                    |

|    |                                                                                                                          | Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Trivandrum Kochi                                                     |                                          |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|    |                                                                                                                          | 2. Routes: 1. Jamnagar - Ahmedabad Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Near Rajkot 2. Near Vadodara      | RIL + AL                                 |
|    |                                                                                                                          | Routes: 1. NH - 16 Vasakhapatnam - Bayyavaram Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Bayyavaram, Anakapalli | HPCL - Volvo                             |
| 4  | Pilot Bunkering and refuelling 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                                                                                                   | SSS NIBE                                 |
| 6  | Project under Testing Scheme: Electrolyser Stack, H2 dispensers, Fuel Cell, Storage cylinder and piping; valves          | Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                                                                                 | GERMI                                    |
| 7  | Project under Testing Scheme: Fuel Cell                                                                                  | Hyderabad, Telangana                                                                                                 | BHEL                                     |
| 8  | Project under Testing Scheme: H2 ICE (Type approval Testing), FCEV and Materials                                         | Pune, Maharashtra                                                                                                    | ARAI                                     |
| 9  | Project under Testing Scheme: Material for H2 storage and transportation                                                 | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand                                                                                                | NML (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                          |
| 13 | Kerala HVIC Foundation                                                                                                   | Kochi, Kerala                                                                                                        | ANERT                                    |
| 14 | Development and Demonstration of Direct Injection Hydrogen                                                               | Pune, Maharashtra                                                                                                    | Automotive Research Association of India |

|    | Fuelled Internal Combustion Engines (H2ICE) for Heavy Duty Commercial                                                                                                    |                       |                                                               |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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                 |
| 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 leaks in hydrogen storage and distribution structures                                                                                            | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research         |
|   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 - NIIST                              |
|   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                    |

## Funds allocated, sanctioned, released, and utilised under the Mission -Annexure V

|   S. No. | Mission Component                                                                                       |   Funds allocated (INR crore) | Funds sanctioned (INR crore)   | Funds released/utilised (INR crore)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Programme (SIGHT) - Incentive for electrolyser manufacturing |                          4440 | 4440                           | -                                     |
|        2 | SIGHT - Incentive for green hydrogen production                                                         |                         13050 | 5533.98                        | -                                     |
|        3 | Pilot -steel                                                                                            |                           455 | 131.38                         | 26.276                                |
|        4 | Pilot - shipping                                                                                        |                           115 | 35                             | 7                                     |
|        5 | Pilot - Road Transport                                                                                  |                           496 | 207.91                         | 41.582                                |
|        6 | HVIC and hubs                                                                                           |                           200 | 169.89                         | 67.96                                 |
|        7 | Research& Development                                                                                   |                           400 | 114.98                         | 28.69                                 |
|        8 | Testing and Infrastructure                                                                              |                           200 | 113.72                         | 22.745                                |
|        9 | New and Innovative Technology                                                                           |                           200 | -                              | -                                     |
|       10 | Skill Development                                                                                       |                            35 | 0.55                           | 0.44                                  |

|   11 | Advertisement and Publicity   |   70 |   15.84 |   15.84 |
|------|-------------------------------|------|---------|---------|
|   12 | Programme Management          |   83 |    4.28 |    4.28 |