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Recommendation 13
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Acknowledged
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We recommend that the UK and Scottish Governments work more closely to ensure the achievability...
Recommendation
We recommend that the UK and Scottish Governments work more closely to ensure the achievability of their respective ambitions for hydrogen exports, and that the economic benefits are realised. In its response to this report, the UK Government should continue to update this committee on progress over its timeframe for securing an export market and current progress in assessing the opportunities and risks, as well as addressing the challenges we have described, including around infrastructure and balance between export and domestic consumption. As international trade is reserved, we recommend that the UK Government outlines what it is doing to make hydrogen export more commercially attractive and how the UK Government plans to bring in investors while engaging with the Scottish Government and hydrogen industry.
Government Response Summary
The government recognizes the opportunities for UK businesses and is engaging with trade associations and potential exporters to understand opportunities and barriers, and will update its position in line with wider global developments. They also mentioned engaging with investors, the wider hydrogen industry, and the Scottish Government while developing investment profiling work.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The UK Government recognizes the opportunities for UK businesses presented by the growing global hydrogen economy and is actively engaged with trade associations and potential exporters to build a comprehensive picture of those opportunities, barriers and risks to UK trade in hydrogen, and associated goods and services. As global trade develops, we expect the UK to play a role in exporting hydrogen and we will update our position in line with wider global developments in hydrogen demand. The UK Government has committed – through its Sector Development Action Plan, published in July 2022 – to update its expectations for investment in the UK’s hydrogen economy. Please see the ‘Hydrogen net zero investment road map’, published in April 2023 - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydrogen-net- zero-investment-roadmap. In developing this investment profiling work we will continue to engage investors, wider hydrogen industry and the Scottish Government.