Harnessing Green Hydrogen

A report by NITI Aayog and RMI analyzing the role of green hydrogen in India's energy transition, focusing on its potential to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors, enhance energy security, and contribute to net-zero goals.

• Green hydrogen is identified as a critical intervention for decarbonizing India's hard-to-abate sectors, including refining, ammonia, steel, methanol, and long-haul trucking, where it can serve as either a feedstock or an energy fuel.
• India's total hydrogen demand is projected to grow from 6 million tons in 2020 to approximately 29 million tons by 2050, with green hydrogen potentially meeting 94 percent of that 2050 demand. Achieving these projections could result in the abatement of 3.6 gigatons of CO2 and cumulative energy import savings between $246 billion and $358 billion over 30 years.
• To enable widespread adoption of green hydrogen, the report suggests three primary solution areas: implementing policy supports (such as tax cuts, mandates, and production linked incentives) to lower costs relative to natural gas; focusing initial deployment on industrial clusters to minimize transportation costs; and creating export markets for green ammonia and green steel.

APA

RMI (2022). Harnessing Green Hydrogen. https://rmi.org/resources/harnessing-green-hydrogen/

Chicago

RMI. Harnessing Green Hydrogen. 2022. https://rmi.org/resources/harnessing-green-hydrogen/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Harnessing Green Hydrogen |date=29 June 2022 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/harnessing-green-hydrogen/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2022harnessing, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Harnessing Green Hydrogen}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/harnessing-green-hydrogen/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }