Recommendation 18

The UK Minister told us that the UK Government’s preference is for the private sector to lead the development of storage infrastructure. For businesses to lead the way in such a crucial aspect of Scotland and the UK’s net zero and energy security ambitions, a clear set of regulatory conditions and economic incentives will be required to encourage development at the pace needed. Therefore, we recommend that in response to this report the UK Government establish an action plan to identify and address economic and regulatory barriers for hydrogen storage to ensure that, once large-scale hydrogen production becomes possible, appropriate storage is in place.