About NGHM

• In 2023, the Union Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission to promote green hydrogen in a bid to cut emissions and become a major exporter in the field. 
• The overarching objective of the Mission is to make India the Global Hub for production, usage and export of Green Hydrogen and its derivatives. 
• The Mission will build capabilities to produce at least 5 Million Metric Tonne (MMT) of Green Hydrogen per annum by 2030, with potential to reach 10 MMT per annum with growth of export markets. 
• Innovative models to source Green Hydrogen through use of decentralized renewable energy generation such as rooftop solar and small/micro hydel plants will also be explored.
• Under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Programme (SIGHT), two distinct financial incentive mechanisms – targeting domestic manufacturing of electrolysers and production of Green Hydrogen – will be provided under the Mission.  
• Regions capable of supporting large scale production and/or utilization of Hydrogen will be identified and developed as Green Hydrogen Hubs.
• An enabling policy framework will be developed to support establishment of the Green Hydrogen ecosystem. A robust Standards and Regulations framework will also be developed.  
• Further, a public-private partnership framework for R&D (Strategic Hydrogen Innovation Partnership – SHIP) will be facilitated under the Mission. 
• A coordinated skill development programme will also be undertaken under the Mission.
• The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation of the Mission.

Mission Components

• The Mission strategy accordingly comprises interventions for: 
  • demand creation by making Green Hydrogen produced in India competitive for exports and through domestic consumption. 
  • addressing supply side constraints through an incentive framework, and 
  • building an enabling ecosystem to support scaling and development.

Expected Benefits

• The targets by 2030 are likely to bring in over Rs. 8 lakh crore investments and create over 6 lakh jobs.  
• Nearly 50 MMT per annum of CO2 emissions are expected to be averted by 2030.
• This will contribute to India’s aim to become Aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) through clean energy and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.

Why in News?

• Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued Request for Selection (RfS) for Selection of Green Ammonia Producers for the production of Green Ammonia in India through cost based competitive bidding under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Programme of the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
• Under the SIGHT Programme, MNRE has already allocated 4.12 lakh Metric Tonnes (MT)/annum of Green Hydrogen production capacity and 1.5 GW/ annum of Electrolyzer manufacturing capacity.

About SECI

• Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) is a Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
• It was set up in 2011 to facilitate the implementation of National Solar Mission (NSM) and achievement of targets set therein. 
• It is the only CPSU dedicated to the renewable energy sector. 
• The company is one of the nodal agencies for implementation of a number of schemes of MNRE. 

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