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Safe disposal of lithium ion batteries is another area of
concern plaguing their usage.

Lithium ion batteries take considerable amount of time for
their charging also whereas in case of green hydrogen, it
can be filled in fuel tanks of vehicles within minutes, just like
petrol and diesel.

Nickel, another component of lithium ion batteries, is also
plagued by short supply.

Despite the huge potential held by green hydrogen to solve of a minimum of 5MMT of green hydrogen by the year 2030.
our energy needs, its production and usage has not gained The production of this much of green hydrogen will require
much traction till now. This is because of certain factors. 125 GW of renewable energy as also 60-100 GW of
electrolyzer capacity. If the target is met, it can lead to
One of the major roadblocks in the adoption of green reduction of 50 MMT of CO2 emissions every year.
hydrogen has been its high cost of production, with the
currently available technology. As per a report in Forbes As per source, the Govt. is also working on making usage of
India, the current cost of production of green hydrogen in green hydrogen mandatory for some sectors like oil refineries
the country is around $3.6-$5.8 per kg. Production of green and fertilizers which are heavy users of fossil fuels.
hydrogen is very costly in comparison to production of grey
hydrogen which is the most widely used form of hydrogen The private sector is also participating in a big way to realize
as a fuel, as of now. the country's green hydrogen ambitions.

Issues relating to the storage, compression and As per a report published in Forbes India, Reliance Industries
transportation of the gas also act as stumbling blocks in has forayed into areas like manufacture of solar panels,
promoting green hydrogen. Currently, in our country, there batteries as well as setting up solar farms to produce green
is dearth of essential infrastructure such as adequate hydrogen. The group has entered into partnership with a
pipelines and storage facilities to transport and store green Danish company 'Stiesdal' to manufacture electrolysers at
hydrogen. As is the case with every new technology, the the group's factory in Jamnagar, Gujarat. These electrolysers
entire market and ecosystem associated with green will use electricity from Reliance's own solar farms, which
hydrogen will have to be developed. are also being built in Jamnagar, to produce green hydrogen.
Reliance is aiming to produce green hydrogen for $1 per kg
In view of the above difficulties, various countries across the
world have taken upon themselves to push adoption of The above report mentions that the Adani group has also
green hydrogen For example, the US Govt. has highly announced that it will invest around $50 billion over the next
subsidized production of green hydrogen under the Inflation 10 years to produce green hydrogen and create related
Reduction Act and this has given some fillip to its use by the ecosystem for the same. The group is targeting
general public. development of green hydrogen capacity of 10 lakh tonnes
per year, before 2030, as part of the first phase.
In our country also, the government is taking various initiatives
to promote usage of Green Hydrogen.National Green Another big industrial house, JSW Energy, is setting up a
Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) was approved on January 4, 2023 3,800-tonne hydrogen plant in Karnataka, with 25
and was allocated an amount of Rs 19744 crores. Out of this megawatts of round-the-clock renewable power. The plant
amount, Rs 17490 crores has been earmarked for incentives. will be operational before March 2025. The group aims to
Under the mission, the Govt. has set a target of production use green hydrogen to de-carbonise its steel making process

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