Government meets academia and industry to steer R&D projects under National Green Hydrogen Mission
“Need to identify focus areas for R&D under National Green Hydrogen Mission, so that research efforts translate into development of relevant technologies”: Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister
The Minister said that research efforts under the Mission should be focussed to identify primary areas of research, give necessary support to research institutions, produce necessary technologies and bring them to fruition.
Underlining the need to identify the priority areas, the Minister said that institutions in different fields of expertise need to come together to collaborate and work on identified priority areas.
The Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister said that increasing efficiency of electrolysers is a key aspect which needs to be looked into, in order to bring down the cost of Green Hydrogen. We should also explore less costly alternatives for producing and transporting Green Hydrogen, added the Minister.
The Minister informed the industry and research community that a few companies are already working on Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) modifications to make them run on Hydrogen derivatives. It was also stated that sea-water electrolysis to produce Green Hydrogen is also a promising area of research to bring down cost of production and improve scalability.
The Minister said that consortia could be formed for carrying out research in various areas of Green Hydrogen value chain.
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy made a presentation on the initial set of more than 40 problem statements which have been identified for consideration under the Mission, under four heads namely, production; storage & transport; applications; and safety, cross-cutting analysis & integration. The problem statements were shared with the stakeholders present, followed by a discussion on what the priority areas for the first round of R&D projects could be.
It was informed that the R&D projects under National Green Hydrogen Mission comprise Mission Mode projects of 0 – 5 years horizon, Grand Challenge projects of 0 – 8 years horizon, and Blue Sky projects of 0 – 15 years horizon. Centres of Excellence too would be identified and supported under the Mission. However, in the initial phase, focus would be on Mission Mode projects.
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