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Recommendation 17
17
Accepted
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We recommend that the UK Government alongside the Scottish Government moves quickly to develop hydrogen...
Recommendation
We recommend that the UK Government alongside the Scottish Government moves quickly to develop hydrogen storage, to meet increasing demand, help Scotland and the rest of the UK enhance energy security and meet net zero targets.
Government Response Summary
The UK Government sees hydrogen storage, along with transport infrastructure as a critical component, and committed to designing a hydrogen storage business model (HSBM) by 2025.
Paragraph Reference:
90
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The following is a combined response to recommendations 16 & 17: The UK Government sees hydrogen storage, along with transport infrastructure as a critical component of system architecture in the emerging hydrogen economy that will enable the UK to enhance its energy security and help meet its net zero targets. More broadly, hydrogen storage infrastructure is envisaged to be a strategic asset within a fully decarbonised, net zero economy. In the British Energy Security Strategy, we committed to designing a hydrogen storage business model (HSBM) by 2025, to support the growth of the hydrogen economy [and have introduced amendments to the Energy Bill to enable this]. 2025 is an ambitious but achievable timeline for designing complex business models, which will need to provide both investor certainty and value for money for UK government to support critical storage projects.