India to organise international conference on green hydrogen in July

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The event aims at bringing together the global scientific and industrial community to discuss recent advances and emerging technologies in the entire green hydrogen value chain, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said in a statement...

The event will be the first such conference of this scale on green hydrogen in the country, BS Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) said on June 28...

The fundamental aim of the Conference is to explore how we can establish a green hydrogen ecosystem and foster a systemic approach for meeting the global goals for decarbonization through green hydrogen, he said.. Bhalla further said that apart from domain-specific research interactions on hydrogen production, storage, distribution and downstream applications, the conference will also discuss green financing, human resource upskilling and startup initiatives in this area...

In line with the objectives embedded in Indias National Green Hydrogen Mission, a mission launched by the Government of India to help achieve Indias target of Net Zero by the year 2070, various plenary talks, expert panel discussions and technical deliberations will provide domestic and international participants from the industry and research communities an opportunity to dive deep into these national and global priorities...

There is a lot of traction from the industry, as far as green hydrogen opportunity is concerned, he said.. Bhalla said that the government is working on a definition for green hydrogen and expressed the hope that the conference helps to also evolve some global standards for green hydrogen...