Fuel Cells in India: A survey of current developments

India, with over a billion people, many of whom lack access to reliable power, represents a huge prospective market for fuel cells. It is one of a number of countries including former Soviet states, newly emerging economies and economies in transition that will increasingly shape the 21st century supply and demand for energy. As a nation it has a history of technological innovation, a track record of technological leap-frogging and a highly skilled and adaptable work force. However, this is tempered by a huge gap between the wealthy and the poor, an energy distribution system that is unreliable and non-pervasive and problems with theft of electricity from the grid.

This report provides and overview of how fuel cells are fast becoming a key research area and the scale of potential of adoption.