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Author: Shalini Bharti, Research Analyst
January 9, 2026
The green hydrogen environment in India is shifting from policy to practice, with robust governmental support and increasing industry involvement. Under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, capacity awards, pilot deployments, and cost-reduction measures are being rolled out concurrently to create a scalable and competitive ecosystem. This extends across the entire value chain, including the manufacture of electrolyzers, the production of hydrogen and its derivatives, such as green ammonia, and final consumption. Collectively, these measures indicate India's ambition to become a global hub for green hydrogen production, consumption, and export.
On December 8, 2025, the Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
The following initiatives have been undertaken under the Mission:
Category | Awarded Capacity / Projects | Coverage |
Electrolyser Manufacturing | 3,000 MW per annum | Domestic manufacturing scale-up |
Green Hydrogen Production | 8,62,000 tonnes per annum | Multiple-award entities |
Green Ammonia Supply (a derivative of Green Hydrogen) | 7,24,000 MTPA | 13 fertilizer units (SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) price discovery) |
Refinery Supply | 20,000 tonnes per annum | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited |
Sector | Key Developments |
Steel | Five pilot projects have been sanctioned to demonstrate the use of green hydrogen in steelmaking processes. |
Ports & Shipping | V. O. Chidambaranar Port Authority awarded a project for the development of green methanol bunkering and refueling facilities at the port. |
Mobility | Five pilot projects have been approved for the deployment of 37 hydrogen-fuelled vehicles, supported by 9 hydrogen refuelling stations across 10 routes in India. |
Hydrogen Valleys | Four Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters have been awarded, covering Jodhpur, Odisha, Pune, and Kerala. |
R&D Scheme | Twenty-three (23 nos.) projects have been sanctioned as part of the Research and Development (R&D) scheme of NGHM |
Testing Facilities | Five projects (5 nos.) have been sanctioned for the establishment of testing facilities. |
Mission Overview
On December 16, 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage, and export of Green Hydrogen and its derivatives.
Significant steps have been taken under NGHM for reducing the cost of green hydrogen, details of which are provided below:
Scheme | Companies Awarded | Capacity Awarded | Incentive / Support |
Electrolyser Manufacturing | 15 | 3,000 MW per annum | INR 4,440 crore (~USD 492.4 million) |
Green Hydrogen Production | 18 | 8,62,000 tonnes per annum | Production-linked incentive |
Refinery Procurement | 2 | 20,000 tonnes per annum | Offtake support |
Source: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Key Cost Reduction Measures
MNRE is supporting a Research and Development project titled ‘Scale-up of Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells (Phase-I)’ with a total project cost of INR 83.19 crores (~USD 9.23 million) for scale-up and indigenisation of perovskite tandem solar cell technology.
On December 1, 2025, GreenH2 INDIA, the Indian branch of New Energy Opportunities Limited (NEO), announced its formal expansion into Southern India through a strategic partnership with Bangalore-based Champak Investments. The partnership marks a major milestone as the company accelerates the deployment of scalable clean energy and hydrogen-based technologies across one of India’s most advanced industrial regions.
On December 16, 2025, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) conducted a comprehensive study to boost green hydrogen production in India.
India is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2070 and aims to generate 50 per cent of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. Green hydrogen, a clean fuel produced from renewable energy, can play a central role in reducing emissions from sectors that are traditionally difficult to decarbonize, such as industry, transport, and buildings.
On December 24, 2025, KPI Green Energy announced that it bagged an order from state-owned NTPC to establish a green hydrogen generation project for INR 128.49 crore (~USD 14.19 million). The power giant announced its plan to set up a green hydrogen project of 1 tonne/day at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
In an exchange filing, KPI Green Energy stated it "has received three notifications of award (NoA) from NTPC for the plasma gasification-based green hydrogen generation project.
The green hydrogen ecosystem in India is increasingly emerging, driven by a mix of capacity awards, large-scale, long-term cost-reduction strategies, and purposeful industry, mobility, and infrastructure pilot projects. Also, government support, private investment, and research-based innovation are establishing the environment to enable scale, cost competitiveness, and adoption. Additionally, with testing facilities, maturing state-level policies, and hydrogen valleys, India is emerging as both a producer and a comprehensive global center for green hydrogen and its derivatives. This provides a solid foundation for the 2030 and 2070 climate goals, given the momentum in 2025.
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