India and United Kingdom Advance Green Hydrogen Safety Standards

11 Mar 2026 CW Team

The inaugural session included context setting remarks by the Director General of the National Institute of Solar Energy and addresses from senior officials, while the keynote speaker from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser underlined the importance of robust safety frameworks, standards development and international cooperation to enable large scale deployment of green hydrogen technologies. Discussions emphasised regulatory frameworks and safety protocols across production, storage, transportation and end use sectors.

National regulators such as the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation and the Bureau of Indian Standards presented perspectives on safety compliance, risk assessment, hazard management and efforts to align Indian standards with international best practice. Technical sessions brought together experts from industry, academia and research institutions to examine safety practices, safe design and operation of production, storage and transportation systems, risk assessment methodologies and incident case studies. Delegates also examined emerging innovations including advanced sensor technologies and artificial intelligence enabled monitoring for hydrogen safety.

The conference concluded with a shared commitment by India and the United Kingdom to strengthen collaboration on standards development, regulatory capacity building and safety frameworks to support reliable large scale deployment of green hydrogen. The deliberations are expected to contribute to the National Green Hydrogen Mission by helping to build a comprehensive safety ecosystem and to facilitate the growth of a globally competitive green hydrogen sector in India.

The India–UK conference on green hydrogen standards and safety protocols convened on 27 February 2026 in New Delhi, bringing together representatives from India and the United Kingdom across government, industry, academia, standards bodies and regulatory agencies to advance safe deployment under the National Green Hydrogen Mission. The event was organised by the National Centre for Hydrogen Safety, established under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, in collaboration with the British High Commission in India and WRI India. The National Centre for Hydrogen Safety will be referred to as NCHS and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as MNRE. The inaugural session included context setting remarks by the Director General of the National Institute of Solar Energy and addresses from senior officials, while the keynote speaker from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser underlined the importance of robust safety frameworks, standards development and international cooperation to enable large scale deployment of green hydrogen technologies. Discussions emphasised regulatory frameworks and safety protocols across production, storage, transportation and end use sectors. National regulators such as the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation and the Bureau of Indian Standards presented perspectives on safety compliance, risk assessment, hazard management and efforts to align Indian standards with international best practice. Technical sessions brought together experts from industry, academia and research institutions to examine safety practices, safe design and operation of production, storage and transportation systems, risk assessment methodologies and incident case studies. Delegates also examined emerging innovations including advanced sensor technologies and artificial intelligence enabled monitoring for hydrogen safety. The conference concluded with a shared commitment by India and the United Kingdom to strengthen collaboration on standards development, regulatory capacity building and safety frameworks to support reliable large scale deployment of green hydrogen. The deliberations are expected to contribute to the National Green Hydrogen Mission by helping to build a comprehensive safety ecosystem and to facilitate the growth of a globally competitive green hydrogen sector in India.

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