**Executive Summary**
The "IEW 2026: Policy Certainty, Low Renewable Energy Cost and Technology Adoption Drive India's Hydrogen and Clean Fuel Momentum" report summarizes the Leadership Spotlight session held on the third day of India Energy Week 2026. The session focused on investment readiness, demand creation, and global partnerships related to India's green hydrogen goals. A key focus is achieving 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen production by 2030.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **India's Green Hydrogen Goals:**
* India is moving decisively towards executing its green hydrogen goals through competitive pricing, long-term demand creation, and sectoral integration.
* The target of producing 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030 is gaining momentum due to successful price discovery.
* **Ecosystem Launchpad:**
* The years 2025-2027 are crucial for the ecosystem to act as a launchpad for green hydrogen and ammonia.
* Green hydrogen and ammonia prices are approaching parity with conventional alternatives, enabling domestic adoption and exports.
* **Technology and Industry Perspective:**
* Green ammonia technologies are commercially viable and capable of operating at a global scale.
* Building robust supply chains and long-term offtake arrangements is a priority for unlocking deployment across power, shipping, and heavy industry.
* **Market Development:**
* India's competitive renewable energy prices and emerging electrolyser manufacturing base are creating a strong foundation for green hydrogen and ammonia scale-up.
* **International Policy Perspective:**
* European hydrogen markets are shifting toward demand mandates and import frameworks, creating opportunities for reliable partners like India.
* **India Energy Week:**
* India Energy Week is the country's flagship global energy platform, driving investment, policy alignment and technological collaboration.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Indian Government (Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for driving and supporting India's green hydrogen goals and ensuring policy certainty.
* **Action Required:** Continue fostering competitive pricing, long-term demand creation, and sectoral integration to achieve green hydrogen production targets.
**Stakeholder: Hydrogen Association of India**
* **Impact:** Key player in market development, focusing on India's competitive renewable energy prices and emerging electrolyser manufacturing.
* **Action Required:** Continue promoting and facilitating the scale-up of green hydrogen and ammonia production in India.
**Stakeholder: European Nations (Kingdom of the Netherlands)**
* **Impact:** Potential partners for India in meeting European hydrogen demand and contributing to decarbonisation ambitions.
* **Action Required:** Develop import frameworks and demand mandates that facilitate partnerships with reliable suppliers like India.
**Stakeholder: Technology Providers (KBR)**
* **Impact:** Provides commercially viable green ammonia technologies capable of operating at global scale.
* **Action Required:** Focus on building robust supply chains and long-term offtake arrangements to support the deployment of green ammonia technologies.
Key Entities Referenced
National Green Hydrogen Mission: A national initiative focused on promoting the production and utilization of green hydrogen in India.
India Energy Week: A flagship global energy platform in India, aimed at fostering collaboration and investment in the energy sector.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas: The ministry is responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, and regulation of petroleum, natural gas, and related products in India.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
IEW 2026: Policy Certainty, Low Renewable
Energy Cost and Technology Adoption Drive
India’s Hydrogen and Clean Fuel Momentum
Leadership Spotlight session examines investment readiness,
demand creation and global partnerships
प्रव तथ: 29 JAN 2026 7:28PM by PIB Delhi
India’s green hydrogen goals are moving decisively from ambition to execution, driven by competitive
pricing, long-term demand creation and sectoral integration, Abhay Bakre, Mission Director, National
Green Hydrogen Mission, said at the Leadership Spotlight Session on the third day of India Energy Week
2026.
Speaking on the Resilience Stage at the session titled Scaling Green Ammonia: Value Chain Synergies and
the Hydrogen Ecosystem, Bakre said India’s target of producing 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by
2030 has found impetus through successful price discovery, enabling projects to advance toward final
investment decisions.
“These three years—2025, 2026 and 2027—are very important for the ecosystem to actually act as a
launchpad”, said Bakre. He added that green hydrogen and ammonia prices are increasingly approaching
parity with conventional alternatives, a crucial development towards large-scale domestic adoption and
exports.
From a technology and industry perspective, Gary Godwin, Vice President, Sustainable Technology
Solutions and Global Lead, Critical Minerals, KBR said that green ammonia technologies are now
commercially viable and capable of operating at global scale. He noted that the next priority is building
robust supply chains and long-term offtake arrangements to unlock deployment across power, shipping
and heavy industry.
Speaking on market development, Dr. R K Malhotra, President, Hydrogen Association of India,
emphasised that India’s competitive renewable energy prices and emerging electrolyser manufacturing
base are creating a strong foundation for green hydrogen and ammonia scale-up.
Offering an international policy perspective, Han Feenstra, Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Climate Policy, Kingdom of the Netherlands said that European hydrogen markets are shifting
toward demand mandates and import frameworks. He added that the development is opening long-term
opportunities for reliable partners like India, whose cost competitiveness and policy clarity make it a
natural contributor to Europe’s decarbonisation ambitions.
About India Energy WeekIndia Energy Week is the country’s flagship global energy platform, bringing together government leaders,
industry executives and innovators to accelerate progress toward a secure, sustainable and affordable
energy future. As a neutral international forum, IEW drives investment, policy alignment and
technological collaboration shaping the global energy landscape.
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