Thursday, 13 August, 2026
The tool was developed under the ISA-ADB project under the Phase 2 – Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre (GHIC)’s Upgradation, Operation and Maintenance project.
This interactive tool helps assist the users with directional inputs to arrive at the hydrogen hub type and also compare relative attractiveness of various proposed hub sites. The tool can offer guidance to the member countries, IFIs and developers on the requirements of a hydrogen hub using ISA’s standardised framework. By analysing qualitative and quantitative inputs across critical parameters, it generates a readiness score based on ISA’s green hydrogen hub framework. Users can explore readiness levels across various relevant factors, helping identify priority areas for interventions, policy actions, or strategic engagement. The tool also enables comparisons between countries, offering valuable insights for planning targeted country-level initiatives.
The green hydrogen (GH) hub tool works in two phases:
a) Strategic Layer: The tool asks specific questions to determine the best possible GH hub configuration among the GH Hub Types - Domestic, Export and Import.
b) Structural Layer: The tool compares between a maximum of 5 different GH Hub choices, all based on a particular fixed type of GH Hub, as determined in the strategic layer.
The GH Hub tool's output is driven by information from the user. Its output helps provide basic guidance to the users to determine the best possible type of GH Hub suitable basis the inputs provided by the user on various parameters related to the GH value chain. The tool, however, is not a substitute for detailed technical, engineering or financial evaluations.
This tool is currently in draft/beta testing and we appreciate your feedback. This tool is intended to provide indicative output based on information submitted by you, which should be used solely for reference purpose only. The results of this tool are not intended for any commercial usage or reproduction and does not carry any right of publication or disclosure to any other party. Users need to provide assumptions that align with envisaged countries/ projects. A few assumptions have been pre-fixed to facilitate ease of use only. The resulting output and its content do not constitute investment advice, financial advice or any form of recommendation or management decision making. The output provided do not imply any endorsement, assurance, audit or validation by us of any existing or proposed green hydrogen project of any kind or the cost involved therein. These outputs and related content are not binding and should not be relied upon for making any business, investment, or financial decisions of any manner whatsoever. You must exercise your own due diligence and verify the information before making any decisions based on the output. No liability is accepted for its use or for any inaccuracies it may contain. This tool and the resultant output is not a replacement for detailed techno-commercial feasibility and project modelling.
Project Team: (ISA-ADB TA) Dr Mridula Bharadwaj. (ISA) Ramesh Kumar Kuruppath (Chief of Unit - PPIC), S Gautham.
Technical Reviewers: Ashish Khanna (Director General, ISA), Dr Pradeep Tharakan (Director, Energy Transition, ADB), Tron Andre Svanes (Energy Specialist, ADB)
The International Solar Alliance extends its gratitude to Emanuele Bianco, Energy Specialist, ADB for his valuable feedback during the course of the project.