As India makes strides in the clean energy transition, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi held that the country is firmly on track to produce 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030. Speaking at the ‘Panchjanya Infra Confluence 2025,’ Joshi credited Prime Minister Modi’s leadership for setting ambitious and challenging goals in the renewable energy sector, noting that India has already achieved 50% of its target. He emphasized that the Prime Minister never opts for easily achievable milestones but rather pushes the nation to aim higher, and green hydrogen is a central part of this vision.
Highlighting India’s progress, Pralhad Joshi pointed to the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), launched in 2023 with an outlay of Rs 19,744 crore, as a transformative initiative that seeks to position the country as a global hub for green hydrogen. The mission rests on four pillars—policy and regulatory frameworks, demand creation, R&D and innovation, and enabling infrastructure. To strengthen export competitiveness, hydrogen hubs are being developed at major ports including Kandla, Paradip, and Tuticorin.
Major corporations such as NTPC, Reliance and Indian Oil, along with start-ups and MSMEs, are investing heavily in hydrogen technologies, creating a strong value chain that is expected to generate lakhs of new jobs. The NGHM aims not only to produce 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030 but also to add 125 GW of renewable capacity, mobilize investments worth ₹8 lakh crore, create six lakh jobs, and cut 50 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions every year.
India has already crossed a key milestone by achieving 50% of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, five years ahead of the deadline set under its Paris Agreement commitments. This achievement, Joshi said, reflects the nation’s ambition, innovation, and commitment to sustainability. Looking ahead, he reaffirmed that India is advancing on a bold, inclusive, and technology-driven pathway to achieve 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2070.
Subsequently, Union Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy, Abhay Bhakre
Shripad Yesso Naik, held that India is poised to emerge as a global hub for green hydrogen innovation has he called upon scientists, industry leaders, startups and young researchers to make India a global hub of green hydrogen innovation. Besides, NGHM director Abhay Bhakre had claimed that the production cost of green hydrogen has been progressively coming down and it will eventually hit $2 per kilogram by 2032, paving the way for decarbonisation of the steel sector in India.
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This is a great innovation and one we should applaud.
5 million tonnes of hydrogen certainly sounds like a lot. That's a million tonnes per year, if we ignore the ramp up needed.
But how much is that?
It's equivalent of the energy used by 23 million cars per year.
BUT
Hydrogen isn't that efficient. When you take the losses into account the number falls to 6 million. It's still 6 million fewer CO2 producing fossil fuel cars, so that's good.
However, if that same amount of electricity were used directly in battery electric vehicles it would have jumped to 83 million. Thirteen times more.
https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/MYve3RsoVMoX5WCenDwqh
I'm all in favour of green hydrogen production. It's as vital part of the energy transition. But we must keep the numbers in perspective.