India’s green hydrogen ambitions are rapidly transitioning from policy intent to on-ground execution, driven by policy certainty, competitive renewable energy pricing, and accelerating technology adoption, senior industry and government leaders said at India Energy Week (IEW) 2026.
Speaking at the Leadership Spotlight Session on the third day of the event, Abhay Bakre, Mission Director, National Green Hydrogen Mission, said that India’s target of producing 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030 is gaining strong momentum following successful price discovery, enabling multiple projects to move closer to final investment decisions (FIDs).
Addressing the session titled Scaling Green Ammonia: Value Chain Synergies and the Hydrogen Ecosystem on the Resilience Stage, Bakre emphasised that the years 2025 to 2027 will be critical in establishing the foundation for India’s hydrogen ecosystem.
“These three years—2025, 2026 and 2027—are very important for the ecosystem to act as a launchpad,” he said, adding that green hydrogen and ammonia prices are steadily approaching parity with conventional fuels, a key milestone for large-scale domestic adoption and export-led growth.
From a technology perspective, Gary Godwin, Vice President, Sustainable Technology Solutions and Global Lead, Critical Minerals, KBR, said that green ammonia technologies have reached commercial maturity and are capable of operating at global scale. He added that strengthening supply chains and establishing long-term offtake agreements will be essential to unlock deployment across power generation, shipping, and heavy industries.
Highlighting market development, Dr R K Malhotra, President, Hydrogen Association of India, noted that India’s low-cost renewable energy and rapidly emerging electrolyser manufacturing base are creating a strong platform for green hydrogen and ammonia scale-up.
Providing an international policy outlook, Han Feenstra, Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Kingdom of the Netherlands, said that European hydrogen markets are increasingly moving toward demand mandates and structured import frameworks. He added that this shift is creating long-term opportunities for dependable partners such as India, whose policy clarity and cost competitiveness position it as a natural contributor to Europe’s decarbonisation efforts.
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