From Promise to Purchase: Unlocking India’s Green Hydrogen Demand

The report identifies a significant gap in India's green hydrogen sector, where announced production capacity exceeds the 2030 target of 5 million metric tons (MMT) by 2.5 times, yet commissioned capacity remains below 0.01 MMT as of 2024. To address barriers like high costs and limited infrastructure, the report outlines five strategies to unlock 2.1–5 MMT of demand by 2030: blending in high-volume sectors (0.8–3.0 MMT), substitution in niche industries (0.04–0.07 MMT), green public procurement for steel (0.4–0.6 MMT), exporting hydrogen and ammonia (0.75–1.1 MMT), and exporting hydrogen-embedded products (0.1–0.2 MMT). It also emphasizes the need for enablers such as viability gap funding, sovereign guarantees, and hydrogen hubs.

• India faces a substantial disparity between its green hydrogen ambitions and actual implementation; while announced production capacity is more than 2.5 times the 2030 target of 5 million metric tons (MMT), commissioned capacity was under 0.01 MMT as of 2024.
• The report identifies five specific demand-side strategies that could collectively unlock between 2.1 and 5 MMT of green hydrogen demand by 2030: blending in refining, fertilizers, and gas networks (0.8–3.0 MMT); substitution in chemicals, glass, and ceramics (0.04–0.07 MMT); mandated green steel in public infrastructure (0.4–0.6 MMT); exporting hydrogen and ammonia to markets like the EU, Japan, and South Korea (0.75–1.1 MMT); and exporting green steel and other products (0.1–0.2 MMT).
• Scaling the green hydrogen ecosystem requires specific enablers to reduce risk and provide financial support, including sovereign guarantees, viability gap funding, the development of hydrogen hubs, and alignment with global certification frameworks.

APA

RMI (2025). From Promise to Purchase: Unlocking India’s Green Hydrogen Demand. https://rmi.org/resources/from-promise-to-purchase/

Chicago

RMI. From Promise to Purchase: Unlocking India’s Green Hydrogen Demand. 2025. https://rmi.org/resources/from-promise-to-purchase/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2025from, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{From Promise to Purchase: Unlocking India’s Green Hydrogen Demand}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/from-promise-to-purchase/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }