Setting green hydrogen standards is a great first step, but challenges remain
renewable energy to power this manufacture. This aligns squarely with India’s aspirations to become a pivotal hub in the green hydrogen ecosystem, making it one of the few nations to set a concrete benchmark in this emerging sector.
While China was the first country to formalize standards for green hydrogen, India has upped the ante with more stringent guidelines. According to a notification from India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, green hydrogen is defined as "hydrogen produced using renewable energy, including but not limited to, production through electrolysis or conversion of biomass." The definition also incorporates renewable energy that has been stored or banked with the grid in accordance with applicable regulations.
India's strict criteria stipulate that non-biogenic greenhouse gas emissions during the production of green hydrogen should not exceed an average of 2kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram of hydrogen over a 12-month period. This applies to various stages in the process, from water treatment and electrolysis to gas purification and compression for hydrogen produced through both electrolysis and biomass conversion.
This differs from proposed guidelines in the U. and the European Union, which aim to consider "lifecycle" emissions.
Such an approach would encompass greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire lifecycle of the fuel, including upstream emissions, electricity from the grid, processing, and transportation to the end-consumer. While the US standards match India’s, for tax incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, “qualified clean hydrogen," refers to hydrogen with lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions rate no higher than 4 kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalent
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