India urged to develop hydrogen hubs

Nation should have 150MW of electrolyser capacity by 2025, says industry body

India should develop 25 national green hydrogen projects totalling 150MW of electrolyser capacity across five national hubs by 2025, according to a recent plan from industry body the India Hydrogen Alliance (IH2A). The plan would need $360mn of public finance over the next three years and require the creation of a national hydrogen development company and a public-private hydrogen taskforce. IH2A has submitted the plan to India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. “The 25/25 plan addresses immediate project development priorities by providing a pathway to the first 150MW that will help India learn, improve, collaborate and build scalable gigawatt-scale green hydrogen projects in the 202