Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Professor Ajay Kumar Sood today convened the first meeting to discuss biomass cultivation on degraded land for green biohydrogen production and bioenergy generation in New Delhi. The meeting brought together key stakeholder including Ministries, knowledge partners, and research institutes to explore the utilization of degraded, barren, and uncultivated lands for biomass cultivation.

Speaking on the occasion, Ajay Kumar Sood said that one of the objectives of the National Green Hydrogen Mission is to initiate focused pilots for biomass-based green biohydrogen production. He highlighted that the meeting aims to gather inputs on biomass and degraded land availability, identify gaps and challenges in biomass cultivation, and strategies a roadmap for using degraded land for green hydrogen production.