Current news:

=> Oil India Ltd, the nation’s second-largest state-owned oil explorer, is setting up a plant to manufacture green hydrogen at its Jorhat oilfield in Assam.

=> The pilot plant will generate green hydrogen using AEM technology, it said without giving details.

=> “This is a first of its kind project in the country,”

Grey, green and blue hydrogen:

=> The various hydrogen production methods produce varying levels of carbon emissions, and the level of these emissions determines in part whether the hydrogen produced is considered grey, blue or green.

Uses of Hydrogen:

1. Synthesis of ammonia and the manufacture of nitrogenous fertilizers.

2. Hydrogen is used as rocket fuel in many space research activities.

3. Hydrogen Fuel Cells

4. It can be used as an alternative to fossil fuels.

Thus it is clean source of Energy. Considering its importance India recently announced National Hydrogen Mission.