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19/11/22 13:16 PM IST

Hydrogen Valleys

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  • The DST under the Clean Hydrogen Mission of “Mission Innovation” has set in motion the process of identifying and setting up at least 3 Hydrogen Valleys by 2030.
Hydrogen Valleys 
  • A “Hydrogen Valley” is a geographical area – a city, a region, an island or an industrial cluster – where several hydrogen applications are combined together into an integrated hydrogen ecosystem that consumes a significant amount of hydrogen, improving the economics behind the project.
  • Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 23 countries and the European Commission (on behalf of the European Union) catalysing a decade of action and investment in research, development and demonstration to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all. This will accelerate progress towards the Paris Agreement goals and pathways to net zero.
About Hydrogen 
  • Hydrogen is the lightest element.
  • It is the simplest and smallest element in the periodic table. No matter how it is produced, it ends up with the same carbon-free molecule.
  • However, the pathways to produce it are very diverse, and so are the emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
  • At standard conditions, hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula H2.
  • It is colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, and highly combustible.
  • Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, constituting roughly 75% of all normal matter.
  • Hydrogen fuel is a zero-emission fuel burned with oxygen. It can be used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines. It is also used as a fuel for spacecraft propulsion.
National Hydrogen Mission
  •  The Union Budget for 2021-22 has announced a National Hydrogen Energy Mission (NHM) that will draw up a road map for using hydrogen as an energy source. The initiative has the potential of transforming transportation.
  • NHM initiative will capitalise on one of the most abundant elements on earth (Hydrogen) for a cleaner alternative fuel option.
  • It will have a specific strategy for the short term (4 years) and broad strokes principles for the long term (10 years and beyond).
  • Aim: It aims to develop India into a global hub for manufacturing hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across the value chain.
  • India is a part of the 'Hydrogen Valley Platform' that looks to create an integrated hydrogen ecosystem covering production, storage, distribution and end-use.
Source- The Hindu 

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