Arne Jan Flolo, Consul General, leading the delegation of
Norway Consulate, along with Kanchan Bharat Ingle from Interpolity Commerce; Ravindra Jagtap, Director General, MEDA, and others.
Staff Reporter :
Maharashtra formulating Green Hydrogen Mission seeking investment in various parts of the State including Vidarbha
Maharashtra Government is in the process of formulation of Green Hydrogen Policy and is looking forward for collaboration in the segment. As part of exploring opportunities for co-operation in the segment, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) recently made a presentation before the Norway Consulate delegation led by Arne Jan Flolo, Consul General.
Maharashtra is formulating Green Hydrogen Policy for which MEDA has conducted stakeholder consultation.
“The draft of the Green Hydrogen Policy is submitted to Energy Department, Government of Maharashtra. Besides, MEDA is facilitating Knowledge Partnership programme with reputed technological institute in Maharashtra. Also, it is facilitating formation of Green Hydrogen cluster in Maharashtra, which may be spread to various parts including Vidarbha,” said a source familiar with the development.
Against the backdrop of these developments, recently
a delegation of Norwegian
Consulate led by Arne Jan Flolo,
Consul General, visited MEDA
headquarters at Aundh in Pune
and held discussion on the
matter for collaboration on new
and innovative technology with
Norway Government/firms.
MEDA officials made a presentation before Norwegian
Consulate delegation headed
by Arne Jan Flolo, Consul
General, along with Kanchan
Bharat Ingle from Interpolity
Commerce.
Ravindra Jagtap,
Director General, MEDA;
Pankaj Tagalpallewar,
Additional Director General;
Vijay Kote, Deputy Director
(Accounts); all General
Managers and other officials of
MEDA were present on the
occasion. Jagtap welcomed the
delegation. Anand Raidurg,
General Manager (Project), presented technology-wise
Renewable Energy (RE) development in Maharashtra and
initiatives taken by MEDA for
research and development
activities.
MEDA officials informed the
visiting delegation that already
the process of establishment
of innovation-based demonstrative renewable energy projects in Maharashtra was on.
These projects include renewable energy-based electric vehicle smart charging station,
Green Hydrogen and power
generation from waste biomass
and refused derived fuel,
municipal waste, oxy-steam
biomass gasification. These
projects are in process with the
help of the Indian Institute of
Technology, Mumbai. Besides,
in collaboration with Nagpurbased Laxminarayan Institute
of Technology (LIT), investigtion is in progress on enhancement in electrical performance
of solar photovoltaix system
using nano-fluids.
The Consul General of
Norway is said to have acknowledged renewable energy development in Maharashtra.
According to sources, the
Consul General expressed his
desire to ‘collaborate’ with
Government of Maharashtra
and MEDA ‘for further
exchange of technology and
‘Knowledge Partnership’ on
Green Hydrogen Development,
offshore wind, floating solar’
etc. As one of the world’s largest
energy exporters, he said,
Norway advances the energy
security of consuming countries.
While reiterating Norway’s
commitment to environmental sustainability and climate
policy, Flolo said that Norway
was keen on on India-Norway
Energy Co-operation.
He is said to have promised
to bring a delegation of
Norwegian companies to
Maharashtra compliment
MEDA’s pressing issues in energy segment.
Further, he said that Norway
Government had introduced
$10 Billion Climate Investment
Fund towards climate change
mitigation, which it would
invest in developing countries
like India to achieve carbon
neutrality by 2030, partly by
investing in projects withemissions reduction in Indiaand abroad.
India’s Green Hydrogen Mission
GREEN Hydrogen is produced using electrolysis of
water with electricity generated by renewable energy.
The carbon intensity ultimately depends on carbon
neutrality of the source of
electricity. In simple terms,
more the renewable energy
in the electricity fuel mix,
greener is the hydrogen produced. Already, India aspires
to become energy-independent by the year 2047 and
achieving ‘Net Zero’ emissions target by 2070. Towards
this goal, India is considering Green Hydrogen as a
promising alternative to
enabling energy transition.
The Union Cabinet
approved National Green
Hydrogen Mission on January
4, 2022. The Mission is aimed
at making India a leading producer and supplier of Green
Hydrogen in the world, creating export opportunities
for Green Hydrogen and its
derivatives, reducing
dependence on imported fossil fuels and feedstock, developing indigenous manufacturing capabilities, attracting
investment and business
opportunities for the industry etc. By 2030, efforts are on
in India to attain Green
Hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 Million Metric
Tonne (MMT ) per annum
with associated renewable
energy capacity addition of
about 125 GW. India has set
sight on total investments of
over Rs 8 lakh crore