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Recommendation 7
7
Deferred
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We acknowledge the Government’s view that the NPS should not be overly prescriptive to avoid...
Recommendation
We acknowledge the Government’s view that the NPS should not be overly prescriptive to avoid discouraging the development of new technologies. We recognise that the NPS should also facilitate the development of new technologies in this fast-moving sector. We therefore recommend the clear alignment of the NPS with specific technology roadmaps. The Government should develop technology roadmaps with industry where they don’t yet exist. Explicit and clear cross-references would help to provide clarity both in terms of policy and planning required to encourage innovation and promote the scaling-up of new technologies.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government has no plans to create a single NPS for Infrastructure, instead directing to the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) and Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030. DLUHC will consider the merits and possibility of consolidating NPSs over the longer term.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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promote the scaling up of new technologies, where relevant these have been referenced in the draft energy NPSs. Examples of technology roadmaps associated with these include: • The Hydrogen Strategy9 published in August 2021 set out a 2020s roadmap setting out the government’s vision for how it expects the hydrogen economy will develop and scale up over the course of the decade, and what may be needed to enable this, framing the detail set out in the strategy. This was developed in collaboration with industry through the Hydrogen Advisory Council. While it is not a critical path it is intended as a shared understanding and guide for what government and industry need to do during the 2020s to deliver our 2030 ambition and position the hydrogen economy for ramp up beyond this for CB6 and net zero. • The CCUS investor roadmap10 (April 2022) and CCUS supply chains roadmap11 (May 2021) sets out how government and industry can work together to harness the power of a strong, industrialised UK CCUS supply chain, while ensuring that the CCUS sector as a whole remains investible, cost effective and focused on delivery. • The Biomass Policy Statement12 published in November 2021 set out the strategic aims for the role of biomass across the economy in the short, medium, and long term in achieving our net zero target. Further roadmaps will be developed as required.
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