The Business Line newspaper reports that the government is planning to blend 15 per cent green hydrogen with piped natural gas (PNG) for domestic, commercial and industrial consumption. The move is in line with India’s ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and becoming carbon neutral by 2070. This initiative will be part of the government’s National Hydrogen Energy Mission aimed at generating hydrogen from green power sources.
“Government plans to float bids for manufacturing green hydrogen, which will be supplied to fertiliser units and petroleum refineries. Similarly, the plan is also to supply green hydrogen for PNG. The government will offer free transmission (of power) for this like in the case of RE. The objective is to blend 15 per cent green hydrogen with PNG, as it is technically viable. Beyond this, the gas pipeline would have to be refurbished,” the report says, quoting an unnamed official explained.
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As mentioned elsewhere in this blog, the submission of the report on the running of 50 hydrogen-doped CNG business by the Indian Oil Corporation to the Supreme Court, is eagerly awaited.
IOC has been running 50 such buses at the direction of the apex court for some time now. The experience gained there will provide a ready template for a rollout of hydrogen doped gas for transportation.
Also, IOC has been working on material for both hydrogen pipelines as well as cylinder. Indeed, many higher educational institutions are researching into that too.
So, the government's thinking for a 15 per cent blend of green hydrogen is apporpriate for the current times.
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