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Hydrogen Roundtable being Organised by The Energy Forum and FIPI under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on 15th April 2021

Objective

To understand the progress of Hydrogen ecosystem across continents and contribute to creating synchrony among the thinktanks,  Governments and the industry to join forces for developing innovative and sustainable technologies at attractive costs.

Organiser

The Energy Forum (TEF) and the Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI), under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India.

Highlights

• The Hydrogen Roundtable, the first of its kind, will comprise a High-level Ministerial Session, followed by five Panel Discussions by eminent policy makers, experts and industry leaders from different geographical regions of the world, with focus on policy road maps and mapping demand and supply of Hydrogen.
• A separate session is devoted to India's Hydrogen Mission, which will feature a keynote speech from Dr. Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. 
• The Hydrogen Roundtable will be having 25 panelists from15 countries, discussing the potential of Hydrogen from multiple sources and its relevance in national energy transitions.
  The Roundtable is expected to have around 3000 participation around the globe. 

Hydrogen economy

• The term "hydrogen economy" refers to the vision of using hydrogen as a low-carbon energy source – replacing, for example, gasoline as a transport fuel or natural gas as a heating fuel.
  
• Hydrogen is attractive because whether it is burned to produce heat or reacted with air in a fuel cell to produce electricity, the only byproduct is water.
• In 1970, the term 'hydrogen economy' was coined by John Bockris. 
• He mentioned that a hydrogen economy can replace the current hydrocarbon-based economy, leading to a cleaner environment. 

Source: PIB