Centre issues Scheme Guidelines for Funding of Testing Facilities under NGHM

Posted 05 Jul 2024

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Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines for Scheme on “Funding of testing facilities, infrastructure, and institutional support for development of Standards and Regulatory framework” under NGHM.

It aims to ensure safe and secure operation of equipment and instruments used in Green Hydrogen (GH2) value chain.

Key highlights of Scheme

Objective:
- Bridge gap in existing testing infrastructures for various components of GH2 Value Chain.
- Establish new and upgrade existing testing facilities to achieve self-sufficiency in testing & certification of GH2.
Timeline for setting up of new testing & certification facilities: 18 months from date of sanction by MNRE.
- 12 months for upgradation of existing facilities.
- However, MNRE can retract sanction/cancel/short-close projects in consultation with Steering Committee in case Executing Agency/project(s) face delays or fail to comply with objectives of scheme.
Access of testing facilities (set-up or upgraded): Open to all potential users and shall not be a captive unit of any one or a group of organizations.
Implementing agency: National Institute of Solar Energy, under MNRE.
Budgetary outlay: Rs. 200 Crores till 2025-26.
Funding pattern (by MNRE): Upto 100% (Government entities) and Upto 70 % (Non-Government entities).

National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM)

Launched in 2023 till 2029-30 by MNRE to achieve GH2 production capacity of 5 MMT (Million Metric Tonnes) by 2030.
Its objective is to make India a leading producer and supplier of GH2, and reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports by over Rs. 1 lakh crore by 2030.
- GH2 is produced using electrolysis of water with electricity generated by renewable energy.