Nodal agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Policy brief

MNRE has issued guidelines for subsidy disbursement of INR 44 billion for 1.5 GW electrolyser manufacturing capacity under Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme.

Key highlights

Nodal agency

SECI

Incentive period

First 5 years of production

Technology breakup

  1. Indigenous technology: 300 MW
  2. Other technologies: 1,200 MW

Eligibility

  1. Minimum net worth: INR 10 million/ MW
  2. Minimum guaranteed sale of 50% annual production
  3. Minimum guaranteed electrolyser life of 60,000 hours
  1. Minimum local value addition (LVA)

Year

Alkaline electrolysers

Other technologies

1

40%

30%

2

50%

40%

3

60%

50%

4

70%

60%

5

80%

70%

Fixed subsidy rate, INR/ kW of production

Year 1

4,440

Year 2

3,700

Year 3

2,960

Year 4

2,220

Year 5

1,480

Selection criteria

Competitive bidding based on sum of product of year-wise LVA factor and performance quotient quoted over 5-year period

LVA factor

LVA

Alkaline electrolyser

Other technologies

<30%

0

0

30-40%

0.4

40-50%

0.4

0.5

50-60%

0.5

0.6

60-70%

0.6

0.7

70-80%

0.7

0.8

80-90%

0.8

1

>90%

1

Performance quotient

Energy consumption, kWh/ kg

Performance factor

< 46

1.20

46-47

1.16

47-48

1.12

48-49

1.08

49-50

1.04

50-51

1.00

51-52

0.96

52-53

0.92

53-54

0.88

54-55

0.84

55-56

0.80

> 56

0.00

Status

Active

Stage

Final

Policy documents