Green Hydrogen Economy - Definition and Policy Contours

Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Time
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Hall
Conference Area
Room
Conference Room I

Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in decarbonising several hard-to-abate industry sectors. In this section, we discuss the following.

  • There are different colours of hydrogen based on their origins. We look at three - Green, Blue and Brown Hydrogen.
  • How will India's Green Hydrogen Mission catalyze India's Green Energy transition?

02:00 pm - 02:05 pmWelcome and Introduction

Sanchit Makhija

Principal

Kearney

02:05 pm - 02:20 pmGreen Hydrogen Policy Imperatives

Vinay Rustagi

Managing Director

BRIDGE TO INDIA Energy Pvt. Ltd.

02:20 pm - 02:35 pmGreen Hydrogen Growth Accelerators - Production Linked Incentives(PLI) for Elec-trolysers and Green Hydrogen Purchase Obligations

Kapil Maheshwari

President

Reliance Industries Limited

02:35 pm - 02:50 pmGreen Vs Blue Vs Grey Hydrogen - An Indian context

Sanchit Makhija

Principal

Kearney

02:50 pm - 03:05 pmGreen Hydrogen in India - Key to Achieving Lowest LCOH

Arnava Kishore Sinha

Vice President

Greenko Group

03:05 pm - 03:25 pmThe Role of Green Hydrogen under the German Government

Dr. Nicole Glanemann

Deputy Head, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Government of Germany

03:25 pm - 03:30 pmQ&A Round

Speakers

Speaker

Dr. Nicole Glanemann, Government of Germany

Deputy Head, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Germany

Dr. Glanemann has been responsible for the energy cooperations with Asian countries, in particular with India, Viet Nam, Japan and South Korea, since July 2019. She is a former Assistant Professor at Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Otto Beisheim School of Management. She holds a degree in Mathematics and Economics and used to work as a research assistant for the University of Hamburg.

Speaker

Kapil Maheshwari, Reliance Industries Limited

President

India

Driving Solar, Electric Vehicle/storage, Charging Infra Business and growth Strategy . Responsible for creating the business from scratch and P&L. Sector expert in Solar PV and Storage. A visionary leader, Sales and Business Development,technical and project management professional with 15+ years of experience in Solar PV , Storage technologies and Power Electronics. Designed and Implemented MW scale PV Power plants in US,Europe and India. Worked on Solar from modeling/simulation to cell/module turnkey line design and implementation to grid connected systems to bankability package and next level growth for Modules, Inverter and IPP's. Developed and Executed Strategies for Profitable and Sustainable growth. All this professional experience is supplemented with a Masters degree from IIT, Bombay in EE ( Power Systems and Power Electronics) and Executive MBA from IIM, Bangalore in General Management. PMP certified Project Management Professional. Experience doing business in USA, India, Germany and SEA and Middle East

Speaker

Sanchit Makhija, Kearney

Principal

India

Sanchit is a Principal with the Energy and Process Industries practice at Kearney. Sanchit has consulted some of the leading energy and power companies in India and Globally on the topics of energy transition, hydrogen business strategy and go-to-market strategy for new energies. He keenly follows energy trends and is a recognized expert in driving large-scale transformations in energy sector.

Speaker

Arnava Kishore Sinha, Greenko Group

Vice President

India

Mr. Arnava Sinha is Vice President of the Greenko Group heading the sales & commercial function of the New Energy Business. He joined Greenko in January 2022 and is responsible for commercial strategy, planning and development of the green hydrogen / green molecules business that the company is actively and ambitiously foraying into. Arnava has close to two decades of diverse experience in leadership positions spanning across India, the Middle East and the US in various functions including BD, Strategy, Operations, Planning and HR. Prior to joining Greenko, he served as the Sales & Commercial Manager for Schlumberger India and was responsible for designing and implementing the strategic vision toward business growth and sustainability. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from BITS, Pilani.

Speaker

Vinay Rustagi, BRIDGE TO INDIA Energy Pvt. Ltd.

Managing Director

India

Vinay has been working as Managing Director at BRIDGE TO INDIA since August 2013. He advises companies, institutions and policy makers on a vast range of strategic, policy, financial and business development challenges in the Indian solar market. Vinay is passionate about developing successful, profitable and sustainable business models that solve India's energy problems without having an adverse impact on the environment. Prior to this, he worked at Standard Chartered Bank as Senior Director, Project Finance, South Asia and financed a number of wind and solar projects in India. Other previous job stints include working at National Australia Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation where he was responsible for debt financing of big-ticket infrastructure and energy projects. Vinay holds an MBA degree from London Business School and IIM Ahmedabad in addition to BE Mechanical from Delhi College of Engineering.

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