Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has invited proposals to develop the supporting infrastructure required for setting up of green hydrogen hubs.

As per India’s Green Hydrogen Mission, regions capable of supporting large-scale production and/or utilization of hydrogen will be identified and developed as green hydrogen hubs.

Hydrogen hub is an identified geographical region housing a network of green hydrogen (GH2) producers, end use (domestic or export) with sufficient supporting infrastructure of GH2 storage, processing and transportation.

A hydrogen hub might be located in land or near ports to enable exports of green hydrogen and its derivatives.

Potential locations for such hubs would be regions having cluster of refineries/fertilizer production plants and other end use industries in close vicinity.

Under this SECI’s Call for Proposals, at least two such green hydrogen hubs will be set up by FY 2025-26 with a budgetary outlay of INR 200 crore till FY 2025-26.