India: government launches draft Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme

On September 4, 2024, India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy published the draft Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India (GHCI), which was open for public comments until September 27, 2024.

This scheme was launched following the publication of the Green Hydrogen Standard in August 2023. This standard defined green hydrogen as that produced from water electrolysis or biomass gasification with an average well-to-gate emissions total of not more than 2 kg CO2 equivalent/kg of hydrogen produced over 12 months (see news article dated October 12, 2023).

The GHCI assigned the Bureau of Energy Efficiency as the nodal authority to mandate overall implementation and monitoring, including ensuring the effe