Green hydrogen technology is in demand not just in one sector but provides solutions in various areas. Listen to the experts about the importance of Green Hydrogen, the key challenges present in the market and the solutions to address those challenges.

What are the key challenges each of these companies are facing in the green hydrogen market in India?

As per Dr. Charusmita, Director- Statcon Energiaa, “The key challenge right now is that no technology in terms of electrolyzer or rectifier is standard. There are no standards for any kind of technology that people can come up. So industrialists are also struggling to. Everybody is setting their own standards. There is no government standard. There is no particular body standard. So, everybody is struggling to come together and build a standard product, a standard technology, electrolyzer standard technology rectifier, just like we have it in solar, now the panel inverter, battery, these are standardized products.

So right now, industry is at a stage where another, in three to four years it will be stable and we’ll be able to see the fruits of these green hydrogen plants.”

As per Shivam Tewari, Director-Business Development, ” One of the biggest challenge, is the idea of having actual demand for the electrolyzers. There is a lot of interest, but the fact is that the market has to mature. There is a lot of capital investment going in from various electrons and manufacturers and associate manufacturers. We are waiting for the market to mature.”

As per Chakrapani PV, Director, Techsol Energies, “The main challenge in the Green Hydrogen industry is how to handle the gas. So, everybody, even people who are in the industry who are working in the gas industries have the perception. Hydrogen is very difficult to handle, very unsafe to handle. So, there are safety norms, and standards which have to be followed.”

As per Stephen Bucker, sales director at Chesterfield Special Cylinder, “Traditionally, India is a 200, 250 bar nation, as UK was 15 to 20 years ago. And we’re moving up into the 350, the 550, the 750, and the 1,050. A very exciting time to be at high pressure gas, with lot of challenges at safety, quality insurance, quality control, maintenance. The Total cost of ownership is the biggest issue about what’s going into hydrogen. A lot of people don’t understand the regime of maintenance and test to follow.”

The interviewed companies are:- Kraft Powercon, Pressure Tech, Airoxnigen, FIBA, Statcon Energiaa, Chesterfield Special Cylincers, Eastern Electrolyser Ltd., Aquatech, Techsol Energies, and Goetzen Armaturen.

Sources for the Stats figures:- Statista, gmininsights, allied market research, straitsresearch, weforum