India Energy Week (IEW) 2025 has opened its doors in New Delhi and the major exhibition, billed as the second largest energy event globally, heard bold forecasts for green hydrogen at the opening ceremony.
The India National Hydrogen Mission has set a target of 5 million metric tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030 but H.E. Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, said he thinks India “will do much better than that.”
“I believe there will be such a shift to green hydrogen and work is going on at a frantic pace. We’ve already demonstrated that the cost of solar energy can be brought down from 25 cents to 3 cents – all you need is an electrolyser,” he said.
Minister Puri said while the “primary focus” remains on increasing the adoption of biofuels, renewables and hydrogen, he accepted oil and gas will continue to play a pivotal role in stabilising grids, and developing industrial hydrogen and energy storage.
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