News Excerpt:
Recently, India’s Prime Minister virtually launched the country's first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel under the Harit Nauka initiative - a pilot project aimed at showcasing the technology for the maritime sector.
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Harit Nauka initiative: The Government envisions a complete transition to Green Vessels by 2047 with the objectives of -
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About the hydrogen fuel cell catamaran ferry vessel:
- The vessel has been constructed by Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
- Fuel cell-powered vessels cause zero emission, zero noise and are energy efficient, which mitigate the effects of global warming.
- Cochin Shipyard has embarked on the ambitious mission to design, develop, and build the country’s first fully indigenous hydrogen fuel cell catamaran ferry vessel as a pilot project to demonstrate the technology in the maritime sector.
Significance:
- The inauguration of this project will provide the impetus for using hydrogen in marine applications as envisaged under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
- The early adoption of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the marine sector will provide a global competitive advantage, meeting our nation's sustainable green energy aspiration for net zero emission.
- Embracing green hydrogen as a maritime fuel takes centre stage in India’s dedication to a sustainable future, targeting net zero emissions by the year 2070.
About Hydrogen Fuel Cell:
- Hydrogen fuel cells are a clean, reliable, quiet, and efficient source of high-quality electric power.
- They use hydrogen as a fuel to drive an electrochemical process that produces electricity, with water and heat as the only by-products.
- The two main hydrogen fuel cell applications are stationary power sources and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs).
- Hydrogen is an abundant constituent element in water, biomass, and fossil hydrocarbons.
- The greenhouse gas intensity (and other environmental impacts) of hydrogen production depends on the sources and processes through which the hydrogen is derived.
- It can be extracted from water using electrolysis, renewable solar or wind power, nuclear energy, or fossil energy.
- It can be extracted from renewable biomass or coal using high-temperature gasification.
- Using chemical catalysts, it can also be derived from renewable biogas, renewable ethanol or methanol, or fossil natural gas.
- Today, most hydrogen is derived from fossil natural gas, emitting fossil carbon dioxide as a by-product.
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National Green Hydrogen Mission:
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