Government extends deadline for submission of R&D Proposals under National Green Hydrogen Mission
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India has
issued Guidelines for implementation
of R&D Scheme under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
The R&D scheme seeks to make the
production, storage, transportation and utilization of green hydrogen more
affordable. It also aims to improve the efficiency, safety and reliability of
the relevant processes and technologies involved in the green hydrogen value
chain.
The
scheme also aims to foster partnerships among industry, academia and government
in order to establish an innovation ecosystem for Green Hydrogen technologies.
The Scheme will also help the scaling up and commercialization of Green
Hydrogen technologies by providing the necessary policy and regulatory support.
As mentioned in the Scheme Guidelines, which were issued on 15 March, 2024, the R&D Scheme
will be implemented with a total budgetary outlay of Rs. 400 crores till the
financial year 2025-26.
The
support under the R&D program includes all components of the Green Hydrogen
value chain, namely, production, storage, compression, transportation, and
utilization. The R&D projects supported under the Mission will be
goal-oriented, time bound, and suitable to be scaled up. In addition to
industrial and institutional research, innovative MSMEs and start-ups working
on indigenous technology development will also be encouraged under the Scheme.
The Scheme Guidelines can be accessed here.
Subsequent
to the issue of the guidelines, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
issued Call for Proposals on 16 March, 2024. While the Call for
Proposals is receiving encouraging response, some stakeholders have requested
more time for submission of R&D proposals. In view of such requests and to
allow sufficient time to the institutions for submitting good quality
proposals, the Ministry has extended the deadline for submission of proposals
to 27 April, 2024. The extension order can be accessed here.
The National Green Hydrogen Mission was launched on 4th January, 2023 with an
outlay of Rs. 19,744 crores up to the financial year 2029-30.