Uttar Pradesh Green Hydrogen Policy 2024

The Uttar Pradesh Green Hydrogen Policy – 2024 enables Ease of Doing Business by promoting investments and setting up of Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia production facilities and Green Hydrogen-based product manufacturing units.

• Targets

  Uttar Pradesh envisions taking the production capacity of Green Hydrogen / Green Ammonia up to 1 million metric tonnes per year by 2028. The following points have been underlined to achieve the objective of the policy:

  • To promote the consumption of Green Hydrogen / Ammonia in the state in line with the Green Hydrogen Mission and the policies of the Government of India.
  • To set up 4 Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to conduct research, development, and technological innovation activities.
  • The current demand for hydrogen in the state is about 0.9 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA), mainly used in the fertilizer and refinery sectors. The state will promote Green Hydrogen / Ammonia production to meet its domestic demand and develop industrial infrastructure for the ecosystem.

• Key Incentives

  Capital Subsidy:

  • Capital subsidy up to 30%
  • First 5 projects will get up to 40% capital subsidy totalling a maximum of INR 225 Cr.

• Land & Water Resources Incentives:
  • Provision of Land:
  • @INR 15000 / Acre / Year – for private developers
  • @INR 1/Acre/ Year – for public sector entities
  • 100% exemption on stamp duty
  • For Captive Solar Energy Plants, land can be allotted @ 5 Acre / MW with a maximum capacity of 20 MW / Kilo Tonne / Year for the production of Green Hydrogen.

• Power supply incentives:
  • 100% exemption on Electricity Duty for the first 10 years or life of the project, whichever is earlier.
  • 100% exemption on intra-state wheeling/transmission/cross-subsidy surcharges for the first 10 years or life of the project, whichever is earlier.
  • Banking facility (Monthly) for Green Hydrogen projects will be provided for 25 years or the life of the project, whichever is earlier.
  • Renewable energy consumed to produce Green Hydrogen in the project unit would be considered as a part of RPO for the project developer.

• Ease of doing business:
  • Green Hydrogen projects would be under White Category status for environmental clearance
  • A land bank, sources of water availability and transmission infrastructure will be created to facilitate investment in the Green Hydrogen projects.
  • A single-window portal dedicated to Green Hydrogen projects.