A day-long conference on "Green Hydrogen Pilots in India" was held in New Delhi on Tuesday in the run-up to the G20 Summit. The conference showcased various Green Hydrogen Pilots being implemented by both public and private sector companies in India. The conference which was hosted by NTPC Ltd, also presented pioneering innovative pilots and progress in green hydrogen technology.
 
Delivering the inaugural address, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh said that effective measures have to be taken to reduce India's huge energy import bills. He asserted that this is the moment that India has to seize.
   
The Minister said that India has the potential to be one of the biggest manufacturers of green hydrogen in the world. He added that the Government has set up a huge ecosystem for renewable energy. He said India's pace of capacity addition in renewable energy is one of the fastest in the world. He said India's cost of making renewable energy and the cost of producing green hydrogen will be one of the lowest in the world.