Question: In which of the following Indian city India’s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit has recently started?
a) Chennai
b) Chandigarh
c) Mumbai
d) Bengaluru
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:-
- On 24 August 2021; Ohmium International, through its Indian subsidiary, started India’s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit at Bengaluru.
- It should be known that Prime minister of India Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech on 15 August 2021, has announced green hydrogen roadmap for the country.
- The company is already in talks with some state-run majors and private players keen on hydrogen projects for supply of electrolysers.
- According to Pashupathy Gopalan, an Ohmium Investor, Ohmium International will supply electrolysers from its electrolyser gigafactory in Karnataka.
- This comes at a time when industry majors like Reliance Industries, Adani Group and state-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) etc. have evinced interest in becoming part of India’s green hydrogen roadmap.
- It should be known that blue hydrogen is created from fossil sources, while the green hydrogen is made from non-fossil sources.
- To produce green hydrogen through any process, electrolysis is required. Electrolysis is the process used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.
- An electrolyser is the system in which electrolysis is done, making it the most vital part in terms of making hydrogen economically viable.
- Arne Ballentine, founder of Ohmium International expressed hope that making green hydrogen in India will definitely give a cost advantage.
- The proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzer is at the heart of production of green hydrogen.
- The company said PEM hydrogen electrolyzer uses power generated from renewable resources to break water into hydrogen and oxygen.
- The manufacture of electrolyser by Ohmium will ensure availability of end-to-end solution within the country and cut down dependence on imports.
- The company aims to become a pioneer in enabling the production of Green Hydrogen in India.
- The factory has a capacity of manufacturing approximately 0.5 GW per year today.
- The company is hopeful that it can quickly expand manufacturing that to 2 GW per year.
- The idea of National Hydrogen Mission was first mooted in the Budget 2021 putting an effort to tap green energy sources for manufacturing hydrogen.
- India has already set a target of achieving 450 GW renewable energy by 2030.
- According to industry data, the world is currently producing around 70 million metric tonne of hydrogen (blue), out of which 6 MT is coming from India.