On 30 November, the House of Lords held a session on ‘Supporting private investment in the hydrogen sector in the UK’ following an oral question by Baroness Meacher. Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist opened with an outline of the government’s commitment to 5GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030. The support for achieving this was […]
Yesterday the @UKHouseofLords held a session on supporting private investment in UK hydrogen.
Included answers on:
- Skilling-up workforce
- Blue vs green investment
- Heat pump roll-out
- Funding committed
- H2 bus production
- H2 in Wales
Read here: https://hydrogeneast.uk/house-of-lords-discuss-support-for-private-sector-hydrogen-investment/
Live now: members question government in #LordsQs
Watch live https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/bdba3f0f-5d1e-49fa-906b-6afedde0b972
Read the full list of questions https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2020/november/lords-questions-30-november-to-3-december/
Do read this. It’s a great framework piece.
@CarbonBrief
In-depth Q&A: Does the world need #hydrogen to solve climate change? What an excellent briefing by @CarbonBrief. It’s very careful to be balanced. Certainly enough here to explain current policy interest. https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-does-the-world-need-hydrogen-to-solve-climate-change
No surprises here: “we want both”.
The @LibDems Lords spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change @oatesjonny asked how the Government's 5GW target for hydrogen production will be split between green and blue #hydrogen :
Not sure I’d call it a bandwagon, but an interesting article nevertheless.
Carbon sequestration (and hydrogen) to add flex to nuclear power plants
Literally weird flex, but ok
https://energyflux.substack.com/p/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-edf-embraces
