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Experts from India and Japan discussed possibilities of collaboration for promotion of hydrogen-based technologies as well as related innovations, trends, concerns, and solutions at a webinar on
De-carbonisation: Exploring the Hydrogen Prospects and Innovative Technologies
Challenges for India-Japan hydrogen research
- Cost reduction and improved performance for fuel cells, hydrogen storage, challenges for viable green hydrogen process routes.
- Significant investments required for research infrastructure and support for commercialisation,
Hydrogen
- Hydrogen enables high efficiency and zero or near-zero-emissions operations.
- Green hydrogen will be good for industrial processes, production of chemicals, iron and steel, food and semiconductors and refineries and we should explore opportunities for co-innovation in accelerating green hydrogen to reduce dependency on petroleum import.
- Hydrogen gas is a fuel with plenty of potentials. But because it is highly combustible, managing it safely is key.
- Advantages of hydrogen Energy system is that hydrogen gas is generated using a renewable energy source, instead of fossil fuels, it is stored in a safe way, overcomes challenges such as the intermittency of sunshine, and a clean, alternative power source
- The experts agreed that hydrogen could be a good alternative because of its capability of producing lower emissions and less pollution and looked forward to collaborations between groups in India and Japan to that end.
Source: PIB
