{"id":121228,"date":"2021-08-26T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=121228"},"modified":"2021-08-26T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T09:44:12","slug":"indias-first-green-hydrogen-electrolyser-manufacturing-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/indias-first-green-hydrogen-electrolyser-manufacturing-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first Green Hydrogen Electrolyser Manufacturing Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: In which of the following Indian city India\u2019s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit has recently started?<br><\/strong>a) Chennai<br>b) Chandigarh<br>c) Mumbai<br>d) Bengaluru<br><strong>Answer: (d)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 24 August 2021; Ohmium International, through its Indian subsidiary, started India\u2019s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit at Bengaluru.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>The company is already in talks with some state-run majors and private players keen on hydrogen projects for supply of electrolysers.<\/li><li>According to Pashupathy Gopalan, an Ohmium Investor, Ohmium International will supply electrolysers from its electrolyser gigafactory in Karnataka.<\/li><li>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&#8217;s green hydrogen roadmap.<\/li><li>It should be known that blue hydrogen is created from fossil sources, while the green hydrogen is made from non-fossil sources.<\/li><li>To produce green hydrogen through any process, electrolysis is required. Electrolysis is the process used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.<\/li><li>An electrolyser is the system in which electrolysis is done, making it the most vital part in terms of making hydrogen economically viable.<\/li><li>Arne Ballentine, founder of Ohmium International expressed hope that making green hydrogen in India will definitely give a cost advantage.<\/li><li>The proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzer is at the heart of production of green hydrogen.<\/li><li>The company said PEM hydrogen electrolyzer uses power generated from renewable resources to break water into hydrogen and oxygen.<\/li><li>The manufacture of electrolyser by Ohmium will ensure availability of end-to-end solution within the country and cut down dependence on imports.<\/li><li>The company aims to become a pioneer in enabling the production of Green Hydrogen in India.<\/li><li>The factory has a capacity of manufacturing approximately 0.5 GW per year today.<\/li><li>The company is hopeful that it can quickly expand manufacturing that to 2 GW per year.<\/li><li>The idea of National Hydrogen Mission was first mooted in the Budget 2021 putting an effort to tap green energy sources for manufacturing hydrogen.<\/li><li>India has already set a target of achieving 450 GW renewable energy by 2030.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/economy-policy\/boost-for-hydrogen-mission-india-gets-first-electrolyser-unit-in-bengaluru-121082400652_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/economy-policy\/boost-for-hydrogen-mission-india-gets-first-electrolyser-unit-in-bengaluru-121082400652_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: In which of the following Indian city India\u2019s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit has recently started?a) Chennaib) Chandigarhc) Mumbaid) BengaluruAnswer: (d)Related Facts:- On 24 August 2021; Ohmium International, through its Indian subsidiary, started India\u2019s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit at Bengaluru. It should be known that Prime minister of India Narendra Modi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":121229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-121228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121230,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121228\/revisions\/121230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}