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India’s Reliance
announces move to
blue hydrogen
INDIA INDIA’S Reliance Industries has announced that renewable energy as a means to power the water
it will invest millions of dollars in repurposing a electrolysis process and emits no carbon.
petroleum coke plant in Jamnagar for the pro- Reliance has previously expressed its inten-
duction of blue hydrogen. Reliance intends to tion to move into clean energy projects and will
become the largest producer of blue hydrogen adapt green hydrogen once its cost is reduced.
in India and will eventually move into the pro- The company recently announced plans to invest
duction of green hydrogen, the company said in $79 billion in green energy projects that will
a presentation on February 12. drive decarbonization in India. Among the pro-
The coke plant, an asset to the conglomer- jects is a 100-gigawatt renewable energy power
ate worth some $4 billion, currently produces plant. The group has set a target of 2035 for
syngas, which in future will be used to produce net-zero emissions and wants to produce green
blue hydrogen at a cost targeted at between hydrogen at a price of $1/kg by 2030.
$1.20-$1.50/kg. Blue hydrogen is produced by “In the interim, till [the] cost of green hydro-
using hydrocarbons as fuel for the process that gen comes down, RIL can be the first mover to
produces hydrogen. Using hydrocarbons, par- establish a hydrogen ecosystem, with minimal
ticularly gas, is meant to be used in conjunction incremental investment, in India,” the company
with carbon capture and storage (CCS) for it to said in the presentation. The company said it sees
be considered carbon neutral. the production of blue hydrogen as an incentive
However, CCS is a process that many gas that will lead to demand for green hydrogen.
producers propose to introduce for the genera- India is the world’s third-largest energy con-
tion of hydrogen, but it has yet to be proven as a sumer and by 2030 it intends to cover 50% of
successful commercial method to reduce carbon its energy demand through renewable sources,
emissions. Syngas is known for its high carbon while reducing total carbon emissions by one
and toxic gas emissions. billion tons from 2005 levels.
Green hydrogen is produced by using
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