India On Track To 10 Percent Of Global Green Hydrogen: Minister
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy & Power Shripad Naik announced that India is on track to command 10 percent of the global green hydrogen demand by 2030. Mr Naik was talking at the high-level address at the 3rd International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH 2025) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 12th November 2025.
Mr Naik said that India’s green hydrogen market is projected to grow at a compound rate of 20-40% over the next decade. With its renewable-energy abundance, strategic geography and enabling policy environment, India is poised to become both a leading producer and exporter of green hydrogen and its derivatives such as green ammonia and methanol.
The minister stressed that India, with its robust policy frameworks, initiatives towrds standardisation, and also international collaborations, is heading the global green hydrogen transition rather than merely participating in it. He urged industry and investors to accelerate project execution, scale up electrolyser manufacturing, and strengthen innovation pipelines. He also encouraged State Governments to develop hydrogen hubs and industrial clusters to anchor local economies.
Currently, the government through the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), has incentive schemes worth ₹17,000 crore to support green hydrogen production and electrolyser manufacturing. Projects for manufacturing of 3,000 MW per annum of electrolyser and 8.62 lakh metric tonnes per annum of green hydrogen production have been awarded. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has discovered globally competitive prices, among the lowest in the world, for the supply of 7.24 lakh MTPA of green ammonia to fertiliser units. Further, projects have been sanctioned for the supply of 20,000 MTPA of green hydrogen to IOCL, BPCL and HPCL refineries.
Mr Naik called green hydrogen transition as economic, societal and environmental transformation, saying that it will fuel sustainable prosperity and strengthen India’s position as a key pillar of the global hydrogen value chain.
