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Hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland

Status: Closed Opened: 6 Jan 2022 Closed: 23 Nov 2023 18 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The Committee will be inquiring into hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland as a follow up to our renewable energy in Scotland inquiry. We want to hear about Scotland's role in hydrogen production and including opportunities for carbon capture utilisation and storage. The focus will be: The UK Government's Hydrogen strategy; Investment in hydrogen in …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland HC 83 10 Mar 2023 24 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
3 Recommendation Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon capt… Accepted in Part

The UK and Scottish Governments arrived at their respective 10GW and 5GW by 2030 low...

The UK and Scottish Governments arrived at their respective 10GW and 5GW by 2030 low carbon hydrogen production targets independently of each other, and we are unclear how the two targets align and whether either is achievable. Clarity on this is vitally important given the targets must be reached in …

Government response. The government states that delivering up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 is a stretching but deliverable ambition and that they will be developing a hydrogen production delivery roadmap to show how hydrogen production can be …
Scotland Office
4 Recommendation Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon capt… Accepted in Part

We conclude that both the UK and Scottish Governments’ hydrogen strategies require interim targets to...

We conclude that both the UK and Scottish Governments’ hydrogen strategies require interim targets to ensure that hydrogen production and net zero commitments are met. We recommend that both UK and Scottish Governments set such interim targets for hydrogen production, beyond 2030, to reach its net zero targets planned for …

Government response. The government states it is delivering policies to support deployment of new low carbon hydrogen production and will develop a hydrogen production delivery roadmap to show how hydrogen production can be scaled up, but does not specifically commit to setting …
Scotland Office

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
16 Jan 2023 Alison Conboy · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Michael Matheson MSP · Scottish Government, Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Stefanie Murphy · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Stuart McKay · Scottish Government, Susan Stirling · Scottish Government View ↗
12 Sep 2022 Session View ↗
18 Jul 2022 Barry Carruthers · ScottishPower, Oonagh O’Grady · SSE, Professor Andy Sloan FRSE · Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sarah Potts · Storegga View ↗
4 Jul 2022 Bethan Vasey · Shell UK Upstream, Clare Jackson · Hydrogen UK, Louise Kingham CBE · BP plc, Will Webster · Offshore Energies UK View ↗
16 May 2022 Angus McIntosh · SGN, David Wallace · Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Dr Jillian Couto-Phoenix · National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, Dr Nigel Holmes · Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association View ↗

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
21 Nov 2023 To cttee Letter from Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work …
8 Jun 2023 To cttee Letter from the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security…
25 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP, Minister of State for Energy Security & N…
7 Mar 2023 — Correspondence with Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energ…