Green Hydrogen Demand Assessment For C&I Consumers in India

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Authors:
WWF-India: Apoorva Santhosh, Kalyan Verma, Vishal Dev
ICF India: Sushmita Ajwani, Vineet Kumar, Karuna Pande

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Contents
List of Figures 4
List of Tables 5
Abbreviations 6
Executive Summary 9
1. Introduction 15
2. Hydrogen Demand in India 17
2.1 Sectors driving hydrogen demand 17
2.2 Regional concentration of demand centres 19
2.3 Key Consumers and Suppliers 20
3. Hydrogen Demand Projection 23
3.1 Natural gas market in India: Historical and forecasted growth 23
3.2 Industries dependent on hydrogen 24
3.3 Future demand for hydrogen and key growth drivers (C&I) 26
3.4 Identifying green hydrogen ‘early adopter’ sectors 50
3.5 Ongoing developments, tie-ups, and pilot projects 52
4. Hydrogen production technologies and pricing 56
4.1 Hydrogen production methods 56
4.2 Cost of producing hydrogen through SMR method 57
4.3 Cost of producing hydrogen in Chloralkali plants 58
4.4 Cost of producing green hydrogen 59
4.5 Cost viability of green hydrogen for C&I players in India 61
5. Infrastructure requirements for hydrogen supply 63
5.1 Central Plant and Storage 63
5.2 Transportation 66
5.3 Modes of hydrogen supply 70
6. India’s policy ecosystem and the impact on green hydrogen adoption 72
6.1 Green Hydrogen Policy, 2022 72
6.2 National Green Hydrogen Mission 73
6.3 Review of current regulations for supply of hydrogen (PESO rules) 74
7. Policy recommendations 77
7.1 Key issues/gaps 77
7.2 Stakeholder Consultations 78
7.3 Policy Recommendations 81