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How Green Hydrogen and

its Derivatives are Rewiring

India’s Energy and

Industrial Landscape

A s India accelerates its journey Green Hydrogen: The Next
toward a sustainable energy future,
Dimension of Clean
green hydrogen emerges as a
transformative catalyst, reshaping our Energy
energy matrix and industrial ecosystem.
The government’s ambitious target of India’s clean energy transition has long been
producing 5 million metric tonnes (MMT) anchored in solar and wind. Green hydrogen,
of green hydrogen by 2030 is more than however, adds a vital new dimension. Green
just an environmental milestone—it marks hydrogen—produced via electrolysis using
a strategic step toward energy security, renewable power—is a zero-carbon substitute
industrial competitiveness, and global for fossil fuels. Unlike intermittent renewables,
climate leadership. hydrogen offers a versatile, storable, and
Mr Vibhav Agarwal transportable energy vector, unlocking

CEO These targets align with India’s decarbonization in sectors that have
Essar Future Energy commitment to achieving net-zero traditionally resisted electrification—such as
emissions by 2070, as announced at steel manufacturing, chemical processing,
COP26. As a rapidly growing economy, heavy transport, and refining.
India must power its development while
curbing emissions. Green hydrogen and Green hydrogen’s promise extends beyond its
its derivatives are vital to this dual direct use through its derivatives. For
objective, promising industrial instance, green ammonia holds transformative
decarbonisation and reduced reliance on potential for decarbonising fertilizer
imported fossil fuels. production.

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