COAL BASED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

Sept. 8, 2021

Ministry of Coal Constitutes Task Force and Expert Committee to Prepare Road Map for Coal based Hydrogen Production.

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  • On India’s 75th Independence Day, the Prime Minster announced a Hydrogen Mission. Coal is one of the important sources of hydrogen making (Brown Hydrogen) apart from Natural Gas (Grey hydrogen) and renewable energy (Green Hydrogen) through electrolysis.

  • In case of renewable energy (Green Hydrogen) surplus solar power is used to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen.

  • However, Coal has not been encouraged elsewhere because of the fear that while extracting hydrogen via coal (from the moisture embedded in coal) there may be carbon emission. Almost

  • In light of the above, Ministry of Coal has constituted 2 Committees
    • Task Force constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary Coal.

    • Expert Committee under the chairmanship of Shri R.K. Malhotra, Director General (FIPI)



Source : PIB

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