Green Hydrogen Energy Mission

• 03 Feb 2021

• The Union Budget proposed to launch a Hydrogen Energy Mission in 2021-22 for generating hydrogen from green power sources.
• India stresses on the hydrogen sources from renewable sources.
• This mission would decarbonise heavy industries, and also holds the key to clean electric mobility that doesn’t depend on rare minerals.
• Hydrogen can act as an energy storage option, which would be essential to meet intermittencies (of renewable energy) in the future.
• Green hydrogen energy is vital for India to meet its Nationally Determined Contributions and ensure regional and national energy security, access and availability.