Chandigarh: In a bid to make Punjab a front-runner state in green & clean energy production across the country, New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Mr. Aman Arora on Friday said that Punjab Green Hydrogen Policy drafted by Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), will help to convert the agriculture residues, which is now considered as a liability, into green energy assets.

Presiding over a half-day Open-House Session on the Draft Green Hydrogen Policy for the State of Punjab organized here at CII, Mr. Aman Arora said that the Policy aims to make Punjab a Green Hydrogen/Ammonia producer with a production capacity of 100 Kilo tons per annum by the year 2030, besides, developing innovative manufacturing capacities of producing Hydrogen such as biomass gasification, steam methane reforming, electrolysis of waste water, Hydrogen fuel blending etc. This initiative will pave a way to explore the technologies for producing green hydrogen from biomass as Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government has been making concerted efforts to make the state no.1 in production of clean and green energy.

Punjab has been mainly focusing on the production of green hydrogen from biomass, which is an attractive option for the transition to a zero-carbon future as 20 million tons of paddy straw is being generated annually in the State, he added.

Emphasising on the significance of Green Hydrogen and its applications, Chairman PEDA Mr. H.S. Hanspal said that this draft policy is not just a set of goals but a testament to our commitment to a sustainable future for the state.