Hydrogen has been hailed as a possible solution to the world\u2019s energy needs for a hundred years. While its role as a fuel is still being debated, hydrogen is also a key ingredient in a range of industrial processes such as petroleum refining, manufacturing ammonia for fertilisers, methanol production, treatment and production of metals. India\u2019s industrial processes use about 5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA), most of which is produced using an age-old process called steam reforming of natural gas and naphtha. Basically from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
The world figured out a better way: by splitting water in an electrolyser. The problem is that this process uses too much energy. Hence, the focus on renewable energy like solar and wind to make \u2018green hydrogen\u2019. Europe had some additional factors in the green hydrogen definition –<\/p>\n
(source: JMK Research\u2019s March 2024 paper titled India\u2019s $2.1b leap towards Green Hydrogen page 23).<\/p>\n