Most environment friendly: India gets its first indigenously built Hydrogen Fuel Cell bus
Fuel cell uses hydrogen and air to generate electricity to power the bus and the only effluent from the bus is water, thus making it possibly the most environmentally friendly mode of transportation.
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Pune, August 22: In a boost to Atmanirbhar Bharat mission and climate change goals, India got its first indigenously developed hydrogen fuel cell bus developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and private firm KPIT Limited. Unveiled by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, the bus was showcased in Pune.
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Singh said that PM Narendra Modi's Hydrogen Vision is important for India to ensure Atmanirbhar means of affordable and accessible clean energy, meeting climate change goals & creating new entrepreneurs and jobs.
The operational cost of hydrogen fuel cell trucks is lower than ones run on diesel and this could bring about a freight revolution in India. "About 12-14% of CO2 emissions come from diesel powered heavy vehicles. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles provide excellent means to eliminate on-road emissions in this sector," he noted.
Lastly, Singh said that by achieving these goals, India can pole-vault from being net importer of fossil energy to becoming net exporter of clean hydrogen energy and thus, providing global leadership to India in hydrogen space by becoming a large green hydrogen producer and supplier of equipment for green hydrogen.
Fuel cell uses hydrogen and air to generate electricity to power the bus and the only effluent from the bus is water, thus making it possibly the most environmentally friendly mode of transportation.
For comparison, a single diesel bus plying on long distance routes typically emits 100 tons of CO2 annually and there are over a million such buses in India. Fuel Cell vehicles also give zero green-house gas emissions.
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Singh said that PM Narendra Modi's Hydrogen Vision is important for India to ensure Atmanirbhar means of affordable and accessible clean energy, meeting climate change goals & creating new entrepreneurs and jobs.
"Green hydrogen is an excellent clean energy vector that enables deep decarbonisation of difficult-to-abate emissions from the refining industry, fertiliser industry, steel industry, cement industry and also from the heavy commercial transportation sector," he added.
Lastly, Singh said that by achieving these goals, India can pole-vault from being net importer of fossil energy to becoming net exporter of clean hydrogen energy and thus, providing global leadership to India in hydrogen space by becoming a large green hydrogen producer and supplier of equipment for green hydrogen.