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As the global community intensifies its response to climate change, energy transition has become a defining agenda for both governments and corporations. India, aligned with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, has taken a leadership role in shaping the global net-zero trajectory.
At COP26, India made bold commitments, including achieving 500 GW of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030, reducing emissions intensity by 45%, and reaching net-zero by 2070. These targets were reinforced and operationalised under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which aims to produce 5 MMT of green hydrogen annually by 2030 and position India as a global hub for hydrogen technologies.
By COP29, progress had been made in defining market mechanisms, improving international collaboration, and expanding the scope of technology financing to support the global South. India has begun implementing these priorities through major tenders, strategic public-private partnerships, and domestic technology development.
In this context, Larsen & Toubro has taken decisive steps to lead India’s energy transition. Through its subsidiary, L&T Energy GreenTech Limited (LTEGL), the Group is building deep capabilities across Green EPC, Green Development, and Green Manufacturing—with a core focus on Green Hydrogen, derivatives and energy storage business spanning from products to projects.
About The Council
L&T has formed the L&T Green Energy Council (GEC), a think-tank comprising eminent thought leaders, in a significant step towards building a global green energy business.
The council's responsibilities will be to identify technology trends in green energy, analyse the evolving global policy developments, evaluate emerging business models, and advise on collaborations.
Members on the Green Energy Council
Mr. Bart Biebuyck (Belgium)
CEO – HYBART – A green molecule company
Mr. Bart Biebuyck is one of the leading global thought leaders in the green hydrogen economy. Until 2023, he held the position of Executive Director of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, a prestigious public-private partnership between the European Commission, Hydrogen Europe, and Hydrogen Europe Research. Today, as CEO and founding member of Green Energy Park, he spearheads the development of large-scale hydrogen production facilities worldwide, supporting national decarbonization strategies and the establishment of integrated hydrogen ecosystems.
Accomplishments:
- Seven-year leadership of the largest undertaking of its kind - Clean Hydrogen Partnership (CHP), overseeing a EUR 1 billion EU fund leveraged by an additional EUR 1 billion in private investment to accelerate the hydrogen sector.
- Successfully negotiated REPowerEU`s EUR 2 billion, and EUR 200 million R&I programme
- Initiated the EUR 3,000 million European Hydrogen Bank.
- Under his leadership, CHP built a network of over 1000 EU companies and research labs and created the European Hydrogen Valleys partnership involving around 40 EU regions.
- Launched groundbreaking projects in Brazil, including gigawatts scale hydrogen production facilities and a green Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) project aimed at decarbonizing the global steel industry.
Education: Mr. Bart Biebuyck graduated in 1998 from the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN) in the Netherlands with a bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering.
Dr Naomi Boness (USA)
Co-Managing Director of the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative
Dr. Naomi Boness is the Managing Director of the Natural Gas Initiative at Stanford University and Co-Managing Director of the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative. She is an experienced practitioner in the energy sector with a focus on using her background in reservoir geophysics and technoeconomic modeling to develop technology solutions related to natural gas, hydrogen, and decarbonization in both the developed and the developing world. Prior to Stanford, Dr. Boness held a variety of technical and management positions at Chevron.
Other Current Positions:
- She holds board positions at Aemetis, a renewable fuels company, Babcock & Wilcox, and Veriten, an energy education firm
- She is a member of the Renewable Natural Gas Coalition Advisory Committee and an advisor to several energy startups including EvolOH – an Electrolyser startup
- Invited member of the United Nations Expert Group on Resource Classification
- Ambassador for C3E Women in Clean Energy
- Member of the Renewable Natural Gas Coalition Advisory Committee, and a past Chair of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Oil and Gas Reserves Committee
Education: Dr. Boness holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Geophysics, M.Sc. from Indiana University and a B.Sc. from the University of Leeds.
Prof. Christopher Hebling (Germany)
Director of Hydrogen Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Prof. Christopher Hebling is the director of Hydrogen Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, one of the leading global research institutes on renewable energy technologies in Germany.
Additionally, he is the delegate on behalf of Germany in the Executive Committee of the Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) for the Generation and Utilization of Hydrogen of the International Energy Agency, IEA. Furthermore, he is the Co-Chair of the board of the National Organization Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, NOW.
Accomplishments:
- In July 2020, Hebling was nominated as an expert to represent Germany on the Executive Committee of the Technology Collaboration Program for Research and Development on the Production and Utilization of Hydrogen of the International Energy Agency IEA
- Founder of the Micro Energy Technology Group at Fraunhofer ISE
- Venture Advisor in EARLYBIRD Venture Capital
Education: Prof. Hebling received his doctoral degree in 1998 from the University of Konstanz on the topic “Crystalline Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells on Insulating Substrates”.
Prof. S Dasappa (India)
Chair, Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research- IISc, Bengaluru
Prof. S Dasappa, a faculty member at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, is India's leading scientist in the Bio-gas sector.
His primary research focus spans the combustion of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels, with a current emphasis on green hydrogen. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Prof. Dasappa played a pivotal role in the development and deployment of medical oxygen generator systems in hospitals. Prof. Dasappa has consistently been identified among the World's top 2% most influential scientists by Stanford University (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024). Prof. Dasappa has also licensed his biomass gasification process to GE, USA.
Additional current roles:
- Professor, Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST), IISC
- Member, R&D Board, CIL – Coal India Limited
- Member - Committee to prepare the inter-ministerial report on R&D in Green Hydrogen-Member -MNRE
- Member, Monitoring Committee of CSIR Hydrogen Technology Program (H2T), 2022 onwards
- Chairman – Project review Paddy Straw briquetting project – DST sponsored
Education: Prof. Dasappa has a Ph.D from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.