Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen on 11 September 2024. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Prof. Ajay K. Sood and other distinguished dignitaries were present on the occasion.
The three day 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen is being held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi from 11-13 September 2024.
The Conference aims to establish India as a leader in the global green hydrogen ecosystem.
The three day conference will discuss the recent advances in technologies across the entire Green Hydrogen value chain. The forum will provide a platform to the stakeholder of the Green Hydrogen value chain to discuss strategic investments and partnerships needed to accelerate the adoption of green hydrogen technologies in the country.
The 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen was organised by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research are the associate partners.
The Gujarat government is the state partner of the conference.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is the implementation partner, EY is the knowledge partner and FICCI is the industry partner.
Green hydrogen is produced by the breaking of water into hydrogen and oxygen by passing electricity.The electricity produced by the renewable energy sources like sun,wind,hydel powers etc are used for this purpose.
The hydrogen is used to produce fuel cells which power automobiles etc. The hydrogen powered automobiles produce almost negligible pollution as compared to the fossil fuel(petrol,diesel,natural gas) powered automobiles.
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