UNION MINISTER OF POWER AND NRE, SHRI R.K SINGH INTERACTS WITH STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION

The National Green Hydrogen Mission will make India a leading producer and supplier of Green Hydrogen in the world. It would result in attractive investment and business opportunities for the industry. Will contribute significantly to India’s efforts for decarbonization and energy independence. Will create opportunities for employment and economic development.

The Mission will drive the development of the Green Hydrogen ecosystem in the country.

The targeted production capacity will bring over ₹8 lakh crore in total investments and will result in creation of over 6 lakh clean jobs.

The Mission will support pilot projects in other hard-to-abate sectors.

The Mission will also support R&D projects.

After the Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy chaired an interaction with stakeholders. Shri R.K Singh informed the stakeholders that the Mission will make India a leading producer and supplier of Green Hydrogen in the world. The Mission would result in attractive investment and business opportunities for the industry, contribute significantly to India’s efforts for decarbonization and energy independence, and also create opportunities for employment and economic development. The Minister further stated that the Mission will drive the development of the Green Hydrogen ecosystem in the country through an array of measures towards demand creation, strengthening the supply side while working on regulatory framework, technology and innovation to enhance affordability of green hydrogen.

The Mission targets setting up of at least 5 MMT (Million Metric Tonne) per annum of green hydrogen capacity with an associated renewable energy capacity of about 125 GW by 2030. The targeted production capacity will bring over ₹8 lakh crore in total investments and will result in creation of over 6 lakh clean jobs. It was also informed that the Mission will support pilot projects in other hardto-abate sectors like steel, long-range heavy-duty mobility, shipping, energy storage etc. for replacing fossil fuels and fossil fuel-based feedstocks with Green Hydrogen and its derivatives. The Mission will also support R&D projects and develop a robust framework for Regulations, Standards and Certification.

Renew Power Installs First 3x Platform Wind Turbine Generators In India

ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy company by operational capacity, announced the installations of India’s first-ever 3x platform Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) in Gadag, Karnataka. The WTGs have a nameplate capacity of 3.3-3.465 MW and are 128-140m in height. They offer significantly improved capacity over models installed in India to date, which typically have a nameplate capacity of 2-3 MW. The new WTGs will be a part of the country’s first ‘Round The Clock’ renewable energy project, combining wind, solar and a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). This project will produce enough energy to power over 1 million households in India annually. In a national first for an Indian business, other than an OEM, the installations have been completely executed in-house wind EPC team – including land procurement, the construction of foundations, crane management for the WTG installations and transmission build-out. ReNew completed the on-site installations of the WTGs in 5 days each.

Sumant Sinha, Chairman & CEO, ReNew Power, said: “As an organization we are always pushing for the implementation and wide usage of renewable energy resources in India. We want a carbon emission-free India whose growth story is powered by clean energy. Renewable energy can enable Indian companies to expand in a manner that is pollution free. At ReNew, our aim is to further expand our wind power capacity to serve as many people as we can, as soon as we can. This installation brings us one step closer to our goal of boosting India’s economic growth by accelerating the clean energy transition.”

Solarspace Shifts Topcon Solar Cell Factory To Full Capacity

The second-phase launch of Solarspace’s $1.47 billion manufacturing facility brings its total global Production capacity of n-type solar cells to 35GW and solar modules to 6GW.

On 3 rd Jan 2023, Solarspace Technology, a leading solar energy manufacturer has announced the official secondphase launch of n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPcon) PV cell production at its factory in Chuzhou, China, with an annual capacity of 16 GW. The cell and module manufacturer announced the first phase of the $1.47 billion (CNY 10.5 billion) project in November, 2022 with an initial production capacity of 8 GW across 16 production lines.

Solarspace expects the average efficiency of its TOPCon solar cells to reach 24.8% to 25.3%, with the efficiency of the corresponding n-type solar modules reaching around 22.3%. The second-phase launch brings its total global production capacity for solar cells and modules to 35 GW and 6 GW, respectively.