Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy- Relevance for UPSC Exam
- GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy- Context
- Recently, the Ministry of Power notified the Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy. Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy will be a step forward toward National Hydrogen Mission.
Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy- Key Points
- Importance: Hydrogen and Ammonia are envisaged to be the future fuels to replace fossil fuels.
- Green hydrogen and green ammonia are one of the major requirements for the environmentally sustainable energy security in the nation.
- About: Production of Hydrogen and Ammonia fuels by using power from renewable energy, termed as green hydrogen and green ammonia.
- Government Measures: The government of India is taking various measures to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel/fossil fuel-based feedstocks to green hydrogen / green ammonia.
- Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy is a step in that direction.
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Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy- Key Provisions
- Green Hydrogen/Ammonia manufacturers may purchase renewable power from the power exchange or set up renewable energy capacity themselves or through any other, developer, anywhere.
- Open access will be granted within 15 days of receipt of the application.
- The Green Hydrogen / Ammonia manufacturer can bank his unconsumed renewable power, up to 30 days, with the distribution company and take it back when required.
- Distribution licensees can also procure and supply Renewable Energy to the manufacturers of Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia in their States at concessional prices.
- This concessional price will only include the cost of procurement, wheeling charges and a small margin as determined by the State Commission.
- Waiver of inter-state transmission charges for a period of 25 years will be allowed to the manufacturers of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia for the projects commissioned before 30th June 2025.
- The manufacturers of Green Hydrogen / Ammonia and the renewable energy plant shall be given connectivity to the grid on a priority basis to avoid any procedural delays.
- The benefit of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) will be granted incentive to the hydrogen/Ammonia manufacturer and the Distribution licensee for consumption of renewable power.
- To ensure ease of doing business a single portal for carrying out all the activities including statutory clearances in a time bound manner will be set up by MNRE.
- Connectivity, at the generation end and the Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia manufacturing end, to the ISTS for Renewable Energy capacity set up for the purpose of manufacturing Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia shall be granted on priority.
- Manufacturers of Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia shall be allowed to set up bunkers near Ports for storage of Green Ammonia for export/use by shipping.
- The land for the storage for this purpose shall be provided by the respective Port Authorities at applicable charges.
Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy- Significance
- Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy will provide clean fuel to the common people of the country.
- This will reduce dependence on fossil fuels and also reduce crude oil imports.
- The objective also is for India to emerge as an export Hub for Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia.
- The policy promotes Renewable Energy (RE) generation as RE will be the basic ingredient in making green hydrogen.
- This in turn will help in meeting the international commitments for clean energy.
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National Hydrogen Mission- Key Points
- Background: The proposal for National Hydrogen Mission was made in the Budget 2021 to enable the generation of hydrogen “from green power sources”.
- About: On India’s 75th Independence Day, the Prime Minister of India announced the launch of the National Hydrogen Mission (NHM).
- Aim: National Hydrogen Mission aims to make India a global hub for the production and export of green hydrogen.
- Goal: National Hydrogen Mission is expected to help in meeting the target of production of 5 million tonnes of Green Hydrogen by 2030 and the related development of renewable energy capacity.