Summary:
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### **1. Policy Overview**
– **Title**: Gujarat Green Hydrogen Policy – 2025
– **Operative Period**: From notification until **December 31, 2035**, or until a new policy is announced.
– **Vision**: Drive sustainable growth, enhance energy security, enable production, consumption, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.
– **Mission**: Achieve **3 MMTPA (Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum)** of green hydrogen production capacity by 2035, aligning with India’s Panchamrit commitments.
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### **2. Goals & Objectives**
– **Goals**:
– Promote sustainable development aligned with SDGs and NDCs.
– Decarbonize Gujarat’s economy.
– Transition from fossil fuels to green fuels.
– **Objectives**:
– Achieve **30 GW electrolyser capacity** and **75 GW renewable energy capacity**.
– Facilitate **INR 5 lakh crore** in investments.
– Create **6 lakh green jobs**.
– Reduce **2 MMTPA natural gas consumption** and eliminate **5 MMTPA CO₂ emissions**.
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### **3. Strategy**
– Strengthen green hydrogen value chain (upstream, midstream, downstream).
– Facilitate land, incentives, and infrastructure.
– Enable exports and global positioning.
– Promote PPPs, R&D, skill development, and employment.
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### **4. Project Eligibility & Incentives**
– **Eligible Developers**: Companies, corporates, associations, government entities.
– **Selection**: Competitive bidding or committee approval.
– **Projects must**:
– Be registered during policy period.
– Use new plant/machinery.
– Source renewable energy via captive, open access, DISCOM, power exchange, or storage.
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### **5. Key Incentives (Summary)**
| **Incentive Category** | **Details** |
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| **Electrolysis-based GH Projects** | 1–10 MW electrolyser capacity, cap 500 MW. 20% capex subsidy up to ₹1 Cr/MW. |
| **Biomass-based GH Projects** | Up to 5 kTPA, 20% capex subsidy up to ₹8 Cr/kTPA. |
| **Green Hydrogen Hubs** | 20% capex subsidy up to ₹35 Cr/hub, min 3 kTPA production. |
| **Refuelling Stations** | 30% capex subsidy up to ₹4 Cr/station for first 20 stations. |
| **Passenger Buses** | 30% capex subsidy up to ₹50 lakh/bus for first 500 buses. |
| **Heavy-duty Vehicles** | 30% capex subsidy up to ₹50 lakh/vehicle for first 100 vehicles. |
| **MSME Usage of GH** | ₹50/kg reimbursement for 5 years, cap ₹250 Cr total. |
| **Blending in CGD Network** | ₹50/kg reimbursement for 5 years, cap ₹250 Cr total. |
| **Water Desalination Plants** | 20% capex subsidy up to ₹2 Cr/MLD for first 5 plants in GH hubs. |
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### **6. Support for Associated Renewable Energy Projects**
– Priority in land/water allocation for RE linked to GH projects.
– Facilitation of off-grid RE projects.
– Grid connectivity as per GERC/CERC regulations.
– Planning for **Dedicated Green Transmission Corridor**.
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### **7. Infrastructure & Facilitation**
– **Land**: GIDC priority allocation in industrial areas.
– **Water**: Nodal Agency to coordinate water supply, desalination, approvals.
– **Storage & Transport**: Facilitate approvals, safety standards, common infrastructure.
– **Port Infrastructure**: Support export through ports.
– **Manufacturing**: Electrolyser/equipment mfg. eligible under industrial policies.
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