Parliament Question: Green Hydrogen Projects in Tamil Nadu

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1949 ANSWERED ON 11.02.2026 GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS IN TAMILNADU 1949. SHRI RAJA A Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state: (a) the details of objectives of National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) and the number of projects actually launched on ground since the launch of NGHM; (b) the total expenditure incurred under these projects along with the details of the schedule of completion; and (c) the details of status of the projects in Tamil Nadu particularly Green Hydrogen Generation, Clean Hydrogen in Karaikudi? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK) (a) to (c) The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of Green Hydrogen and its derivatives. India’s Green Hydrogen production capacity is likely to reach 5 Million Metric Tonnes per annum by 2030. As on 6th February 2026, an expenditure of ₹ 249.44 crores has been incurred under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM). The details of projects under NGHM are given below: i. Under the incentive scheme for Green Hydrogen production (Mode-1), companies have been awarded a Green Hydrogen capacity of 8,62,000 tonnes per annum (Annexure-I) ii. Under the incentive scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing, companies have been awarded Electrolyser manufacturing capacity of total 3000 MW per annum (Annexure-II) iii. Under the incentive scheme for procurement of Green Hydrogen for refineries (Mode 2B), companies have been awarded a capacity of total 20,000 tonnes per annum (Annexure-III) iv. The details of the pilot projects for the use of Green Hydrogen in the steel, shipping, and transport sectors, along with the projects under the Testing and R&D schemes and Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters (HVIC)s, are provided in the Annexure-IV. *****Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche I) – Annexure I S. Allocated capacity Commissioning Developer/Investor No. (tonnes per annum) Timelines 1 CESC Projects Limited 10500 February 2027 2 UPL Limited 10000 February 2027 3 Reliance Industry Limited 90000 February 2027 4 Welspun Sabarmati GH2 Private 20000 February 2027 Limited 5 HHP Two Pvt Ltd 75000 February 2027 6 Torrent Power Ltd 18000 February 2027 7 Acme Cleantech Solutions Pvt Ltd 90000 February 2027 8 Greenko ZeroC Pvt Ltd 90000 February 2027 9 JSW Neo Energy Limited [SPV: 6500 February 2027 JSW Renewable Energy - (Vijaynagar) 10 Bharat Petroleum Corporation 2000 February 2027 Limited Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche II) S. Allocated capacity Commissioning Developer/Investor No. (tonnes per annum) Timelines 1 AM Green Ammonia (India) 90000 February 2028 Private Limited 2 GH2 Solar Limited 10500 February 2028 3 Green Infra Renewable Energy 90000 February 2028 Farms Private Limited 4 L&T Energy Green Tech Limited 90000 February 2028 5 Oriana Power Limited 10000 February 2028 6 Reliance Industry Limited 49000 February 2028 7 Suryadeep KA1 Project Private 19000 February 2028 Limited 8 Matrix Gas & Renewables 1500 February 2028 Limited 9 Waaree Clean Energy Solutions 90000 February 2028 Pvt Limited Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing (Tranche I) - Annexure II S. Allocated capacity Commissioning Developer/Investor No. (MW per annum) Timelines 1 Reliance Industries Limited 300 August 2026 2 Ohmium Operations Private 137 August 2026 Limited 3 John Cockerill Greenko 300 August 2026 Hydrogen Solutions PrivateLimited 4 Advait GreenEnergy Private 100 August 2026 Limited 5 Adani New Industries Limited 198.5 August 2026 6 L&T Electrolysers Limited 300 August 2026 7 Matrix Gas and Renewables 63 August 2026 Limited 8 Homihydrogen Private Limited 101.5 August 2026 Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing (Tranche II) S. Allocated capacity Commissioning Developer/Investor No. (MW per annum) Timelines 1 Adani New Industries Limited 101.5 March 2027 2 Advait GreenEnergy Private 200 March 2027 Limited 3 Avaada Electrolyser Private 49.5 March 2027 Limited 4 Eastern Electrolyser Limited 30 March 2027 5 Greenovate Hydrogen Private 105 March 2027 Limited 6 Matrix Gas and Renewables 237 March 2027 Limited 7 Newage Green Electro Private 300 March 2027 Limited (SPV- Newage Electrogen One Private Limited) 8 Newtrace Private Limited 30 March 2027 9 Ohmium Operations Private 137 March 2027 Limited 10 Suryaashish KA1 Solar Park 10 March 2027 Private Limited 11 Waaree Clean Energies Solution 300 March 2027 private Ltd Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production for refinery sector (Mode 2B) – Annexure III S. Allocated capacity Commissioning Developer/Investor No. (tonnes per annum) Timelines 1 L&T Energy Greentech Ltd 10000 December 2027 (LTEG) 2 Ocior Energy 5000 March 2028 3 Ocior Energy 5000 April 2028Details of projects/pilot projects sanctioned, approved or operational under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) Annexure IV S. Implementing Project Location No. Agency 1 Use of hydrogen in Bokaro, Jharkhand Steel Authority of existing Blast Furnace to India Ltd reduce coal/coke consumption Use of hydrogen in existing Blast Furnace to reduce coal/coke Vijayanagar, Karnataka JSW Steel Limited consumption 2 Injection of Hydrogen in Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel Hazira, Gujarat vertical shaft based DRI India Limited making to partially substitute the NG/ other reducing gas & raise its proportion in a gradual manner with an objective JSW Steel Limited Vijayanagar, to use the maximum Karnataka hydrogen Jindal Steel & Power Limited Angul, Odisha 3 Pilot Projects Awarded in Routes: NTPC (with buses Transport Sector 1. Greater Noida - Delhi – Agra manufactured by 2. Bhubaneshwar - Konark – Ashok Leyland) Puri Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. NTPC campus in Greater Noida 2. Bhubaneswar Routes: Tata Motors + 1. Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Indian Oil Surat Corporation 2. Sahibabad - Faridabad - Limited Delhi 3. Pune - Mumbai 4. Jamshedpur - Kalinga Nagar Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Balasore 2. Mumbai Highway Routes: Agency for New 1. Thiruvananthapuram - and Renewable Kochi, Energy Research 2. Kochi – Edappally and Technology (ANERT) + Bharat PetroleumS. Implementing Project Location No. Agency Hydrogen refuelling station Corporation system location: Limited (BPCL) 1. Trivandrum 2. Kochi Routes: Reliance Industries 1. Jamnagar – Ahmedabad Limited + Ashok Leyland Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Near Rajkot 2. Near Vadodara Routes: Hindustan 1. NH – 16 Vasakhapatnam – Petroleum Bayyavaram Corporation Limited + Volvo Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Bayyavaram, Anakapalli 4 Pilot Bunkering and V.O. Chidambaranar Port V.O. refueling facility for (Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu) Chidambaranar Green Hydrogen or its Port Authority derivative on a pilot basis at V.O. Chidambaranar Port 5 Project under Testing Kapurthala, Punjab Sardar Swaran Scheme: H2 Gas Purity Singh National Testing Institute of Bio- Energy 6 Project under Testing Gandhinagar, Gujarat Gujarat Energy Scheme: Electrolyser Research and Stack, H2 dispensers, Management Fuel Cell, Storage Institute cylinder and piping; valves 7 Project under Testing Hyderabad, Telangana Bharat Heavy Scheme: Fuel Cell Electricals Limited 8 Project under Testing Pune, Maharashtra Automotive Scheme: H2 ICE (Type Research approval Testing), FCEV Association of and Materials India 9 Project under Testing Jamshedpur, Jharkhand National Scheme: Material for H2 Metallurgical storage and transportation Laboratory (Jamshedpur) 10 JHV Innovation Jodhpur, Rajasthan IIT Jodhpur Foundation 11 Odisha Hydrogen Valley Bhubaneshwar, Odisha IIT Bhubaneshwar Foundation 12 Pune Hydrogen Valley Pune, Maharashtra CSIR – NCL Pune FoundationS. Implementing Project Location No. Agency 13 Kerala HVIC Foundation Kochi, Kerala ANERT 14 Development and Pune, Maharashtra Automotive Demonstration of Direct Research Injection Hydrogen Association of Fuelled Internal India Combustion Engines (H2ICE) for Heavy Duty Commercial 15 Development of Gurugram, Haryana Shigan Nexgen retrofitted kit for H2ICE Technologies Application Private Limited (promoted by IOCL) 16 Development and Chennai, Tamil Nadu Mahindra and Demonstration of Mahindra Ltd Hydrogen fueled Internal Combustion Engine for Agricultural tractor 17 Prototype Development Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh IIT Kanpur of a Highly Efficient Compression Ignition Hydrogen Engine for the Agriculture Sector Using a Novel High-Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) Strategy 18 Development of Gurugram, Haryana Hypace Solutions hydrogen-powered high- Private Limited, power density fuel cell Gurugram drone for oil & gas applications (TRL -3/4) 19 Development of Fuel cell Bengaluru, Karnataka Magic Myna powered high endurance Private Limited, UAVs for niche strategic Bengaluru and societal applications 20 Green Hydrogen Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu CSIR-Central Generation via Direct Electrochemical seawater electrolysis: A Research Institute, systematic bottom-up Karaikudi approch using selective electrocatalyst and electrochemical cell designs 21 A Supramolecular Chennai, Tamil Nadu SRM Institute of Approach to Improve the Science & Stability and Efficiency Technology, of Alkaline Electrolyzer Chennai MembranesS. Implementing Project Location No. Agency 22 Integrated Heat Pune, Maharashtra CSIR-National Management for Energy- Chemical Efficient Membrane- Laboratory, Pune Based Direct Seawater Desalination Enabling Green Hydrogen Production 23 Development of High- Gujarat GFCL Solar and Performance PEM Green Hydrogen Membranes for Products Limited, application in Gujarat Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell 24 Clean Hydrogen: Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu CSIR-Central Enhancing Biohydrogen Electrochemical Purity through Advanced Research Institute, Adsorption Purification Karaikudi 25 Synergistic Biohythane Pune, Maharashtra Texol Energy Production: Integrating Private Limited Biohydrogen and Biomethane Bioprocesses 26 Technology Goa Institute of Demonstration Plant for Chemical the Production of 0.5 Technology, TPD Green Hydrogen Mumbai from Pyrolysis + Gasification of Coconut Shell and Cashew Nutshell 27 Biomass to Green Pilani, Rajasthan Birla Institute of Hydrogen: Development Technology and of 100 kg/day H2 Science - Pilani production via oxy- steam-CO2 gasification integrated with catalytic CO conversion and continuous H2 separation using a mixed matrix hollow fibre membrane system 28 Pilot plant demonstration Ropar, Punjab Indian Institute of of Hydrogen production Technology Ropar from agricultural waste through integrated pyrolysis and catalytic steam reforming process 29 AI based smart sensors Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Indian Institute of for rapid and real time Science Education detection of ppm level H2 and ResearchS. Implementing Project Location No. Agency leaks in hydrogen storage and distribution structures 30 Securing the Future: AI- Patiala, Punjab Thapar Institute of Driven Insights into Engineering & Global Hydrogen Technology Incidents for Enhanced Safety and Risk Management 31 Spontaneous Combustion Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh IIT BHU Behaviour of Pressurized Hydrogen Leaks 32 Application of Causal Gurugram, Haryana Engineers India Analysis and Machine Limited Learning for Risk Severity Prediction in Hydrogen Facilities 33 Electronic Hydrogen Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala CSIR - National Leak Detector based on Institute For MEMS Integrated 1-D Interdisciplinary Nanofibers and Science and Nanotubes of Technology Semiconductor Oxides 34 CFD Modelling in Flacs- Gurugram, Haryana Shriram Institute Hydrogen software for for Industrial Hydrogen Safety and Research Risk Assessment 35 Hydrogen Explosions- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and IIT BHU+ IIT Developing Hyderabad, Telangana Hyderabad Phenomenological Models from Fundamental Experiments