Gadkari stresses on cutting cost of hydrogen production

• TNN

• Published On Aug 21, 2025 at 07:17 PM IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said India could shift from being an energy importer to a global exporter.

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Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said India can transform from being an energy importer to a global exporter if it can bring down the cost of hydrogen production to $1 per kg from the present cost of around $5 per kg.”Solar energy is the ‘Sanjeevani Booti’ for our planet. And hydrogen is the fuel of the future. I drive a Toyota Mirai, which itself means ‘future’ in Japanese, because I believe hydrogen will transform mobility and energy,” said Gadkari while delivering the 24th Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture at TERI.Noting that the biggest hurdle lies in setting up hydrogen filling stations and developing systems to transport the fuel, he said, “These areas need urgent and extensive work,”.Explaining the potential of using waste for energy, Gadkari said municipal solid waste could be a game-changer. “If we segregate waste, extract organic matter and feed it into biodigesters, it produces methane. Instead of converting methane into CNG, if we use it to produce green hydrogen, the country’s municipal waste alone could generate very cheap hydrogen,” said the minister. tnn