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How to make hydrogen electrolyzers in India

How to make hydrogen electrolyzers in India

November 27, 2024 at 2:14 p.m. IST

This article is authored by Rishabh Patidar, Deepak Yadav and Hemant Mallya, CEEW.

India has set an ambitious target to produce five million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of green hydrogen by 2030, aiming to mitigate 50 million tonnes of CO2 and reduce energy imports by 2030. $1,000,000,000,000,000. Electrolyzers play a vital role in the green hydrogen production process and represent 30-50% of the total cost of green hydrogen; the rest is made up of renewable energies (RE) and storage. (Biswas, Yadav and Baskar 2020). India has already introduced several policy interventions to increase domestic renewable energy production (GDP 2024). Although electrolyzers have been around for many decades, the green hydrogen economy has significantly increased demand. The electrolyser market in India is expected to reach 20 GW by 2030, 112 GW by 2040 and 226 GW by 2050 (NITI Aayog 2022). A robust domestic electrolyser manufacturing ecosystem can also help unlock export opportunities, as global demand for electrolysers is expected to be 590 GW by 2030 and 3,300 GW by 2050 (IEA 2023).

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However, the success of domestic manufacturing of electrolyzers will depend, to a large extent, on the indigenization of the overall manufacturing cost. To gain a competitive advantage, India needs to invest in the development of indigenous technologies that increase the efficiency and therefore cost of green hydrogen production and in proprietary knowledge of various newer electrolyzer technologies. A strategic approach to maximizing the indigenization of electrolyzer manufacturing will be important for India in the early stages of a green hydrogen economy. A bottom-up cost analysis for electrolyzer manufacturing provides insight into potential cost reduction trajectories and identifies the potential for indigenization of business models – alkaline, proton exchange membrane (PEM), and solid oxide (SOE) electrolyzers. For the full article, open the link below.

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This article is written by Rishabh Patidar, Deepak Yadav and Hemant Mallya, CEEW.

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