Archive · 30 Oct 2025
UP-Japan Collaboration to Establish Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre
Uttar Pradesh in India is teaming up with Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan to create a special place called a Centre of Excellence.
This center will focus on green hydrogen, which is a clean way to make energy using renewable resources like solar and wind.
They want to bring together scientists, universities, and companies from both countries to invent new ways to make, store, and use hydrogen fuel.
This will help create new technologies, support businesses that are just starting, and make industries cleaner.
It's like building a science lab and business incubator specifically for clean energy, and it aims to strengthen the friendship and technology sharing between India and Japan.
Uttar Pradesh and Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture are collaborating to establish a Centre of Excellence for Green Hydrogen.
The initiative aims to foster research, innovation, and industrial application of green hydrogen technologies.
A virtual meeting was held to discuss a roadmap for clean energy research and scalable hydrogen technologies.
The Centre will involve experts from Indian institutions and faculty from the University of Yamanashi, acting as the technology partner.
Key focus areas include hydrogen generation, storage, distribution, and renewable microgrids, contributing to India's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' vision.
- Who
- Government of Uttar Pradesh and Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture
- What
- Proposing to establish a Centre of Excellence for Green Hydrogen
- When
- Discussions held on Thursday, with plans for future meetings
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Why
- To promote research, innovation, industrial application, and create a sustainable energy future for green hydrogen technologies.
- Collaborating Entities
- Uttar Pradesh Government, Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, University of Yamanashi
- Objective
- Establish a Centre of Excellence for Green Hydrogen innovation and industrial application
- Focus Areas
- Hydrogen generation, storage, distribution, renewable microgrids, techno-economic analysis
- Key Partners
- Indian institutions, University of Yamanashi (technology partner), industry stakeholders, start-ups
- Expected Outcomes
- Promote research, foster start-up ecosystems, drive industrial decarbonisation, deepen bilateral ties