HYDROGEN ENERGY MEET
A meeting on Hydrogen
Energy in India – Status and Prospects in the 21st
Century will be held in Planning Commission tomorrow. Shri M.
Kannappan, Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources,
will participate in the meeting. Other concerned Ministries and
organisations including Principal Scientific Advisors, Government
of India; Department of Science & Technology; Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research; IIT Delhi and other experts
are expected to participate in the meeting.
The Ministry of Non-conventional
Energy Sources (MNES) is arranging an exhibition on various new
products and devices developed as a result of the ongoing R&D
programme in the area of Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells taken
up by MNES. These include hydrogen driven motorcycles, hydrogen
gensets, micro fuel cells, fuel cell stacks for running UPS and
other fuel cell devices. MNES is making a presentation in this
meeting which will bring out the importance of hydrogen energy
as a new sustainable energy resource, achievements in India, directions
and outline of a National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap in the country.
Hydrogen energy has
assumed widespread importance in the world today and many developed
countries have embarked on large scale programme for tapping hydrogen
energy which is being called the Freedom Fuel and is considered
to be a sustainable alternative to the present fossil fuel based
economy. MNES has been supporting various research, development
and demonstration projects on hydrogen and fuel cells at various
scientific and educational institutions, including CSIR laboratories
and universities. With MNES support innovative material and techniques
have been developed and demonstrated for storing hydrogen, especially
for vehicular applications (two-wheelers), power generating units
and catalytic burners for domestic and industrial applications.
