In order to build
a green
hydrogen hub in Gujarat, the state
government has approved, “in-principle,” nearly 1.99 lakh hectares of land
for setting up a renewable
energy park for green hydrogen production. “Gujarat is ready to become the national hub of
green hydrogen with its immense renewable energy potential, robust port
infrastructure and well developed LNG pipeline network. For the same,
Government of Gujarat has set a production target of 30 lakh metric tons of
green hydrogen per year,” said Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat while
addressing the Gujarat legislative assembly on the first day of the month-long
budget session, on Wednesday.
The Gujarat government
has declared an unused government land lease allotment policy for the
production of green hydrogen by using unconventional energy sources like solar/wind/wind-solar hybrid
energy. Memorandum of
Understandings (MoUs) for more than ₹3 lakh crores have also been signed in the
field of green hydrogen during the Vibrant Gujarat summit in 2024. “Generation
of about 100 GW from unconventional energy sources will be required for the
production of green hydrogen. The Government of Gujarat has approved in
principle allotment of nearly 1.99 lakh hectares of land to establish a
renewable energy park for green hydrogen production,” the Governor said while
addressing legislators. “It has been planned to increase the capacity
of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) and GETCO network for electricity
generation,” he added. The total installed electricity generation capacity
of Gujarat is 57,664 MW, which is the highest in the country. Gujarat has a
renewable energy capacity of 31,483 MW, of which 12,474 MW consists of wind
energy installations and 16,796 MW of Solar energy projects.
Acharya Devvrat also said that renewable energy
parks with an additional capacity of about 37000 MW were being built in the
state.