Energy PSUs eye 38,000 tonnes per annum green hydrogen capacity

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India's state-run oil and gas companies are targeting to build a combined green hydrogen generation capacity of 38,000 tonnes per annum by the next financial year, according to a government panel report...

The planned green hydrogen facilities would require setting up a combined electrolyzer capacity of 279 MW by 2024-25, according to the energy transition advisory committee of the petroleum ministry..

Of this, Hindustan Petroleum is planning to have 115 MW capacity at its refineries in Visakhapatnam and Barmer..

It aims to develop green hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 million metric tonnes per annum by 2030, which would involve an investment of 8 lakh crore...

Hydrogen producing capacity of state-run and private-sector refiners is projected to rise 85% to 2.5 million tonnes per annum by 2030 from 1.4 million tonnes per annum in 2020, according to the transition committee report..