Author: Michael Brown

On 6 August, Philip Dunne MP, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) and MP for Ludlow, sent a letter to Business Secretary Alok Sharma outlining the need for development of a national hydrogen strategy. In the letter, evidence was summarised from 99 pieces of written evidence and an oral online session held on 9 […]

The RenewableUK report, Electricity Storage – The Cornerstone of the UK’s Future Energy System, gives an overview of storage options in a net zero world including mechanical, electrical, chemical and thermal systems. The report, published on 21 July, detailed the use of hydrogen as a chemical energy storage system. Its focus was solely on green […]

In its webinar, Gas Goes Green: What is the role for hydrogen in the future support for low carbon heat?, held on 1 July, the ENA hosted speakers from the Renewable Energy Association (REA), KPMG and Northern Gas Networks (NGN) to discuss the government’s announcement of a Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) and its relevance […]

On 28 July, Hydrogen East hosted its launch event via a virtual webinar. The event saw more than 200 registrations and speakers from Arup, Bernstein Research and EDF Energy. The event was opened by Hydrogen East Co-founder Nigel Cornwall, who gave an overview of Hydrogen East’s role in the East of England as a facilitator […]

On 9 July, the Environmental Audit Committee held a session on Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Hydrogen, inviting speakers from Imperial College London (ICL), UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UK HFCA), Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) and Cadent Gas. The event heard evidence on a number of questions regarding the suitability of hydrogen for decarbonising […]

On 8 July the European Commission (EC) hosted a launch event for the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. It outlined the role it will play in facilitating a hydrogen economy across Europe through supporting scaling up production and demand for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, coordinate action, and provide a broad forum to engage civil society. There […]

A new business-led network is being launched to promote the role of East Anglia as a UK Hydrogen cluster, building on the region’s existing strengths in offshore wind, gas landing and distribution and nuclear power. Hydrogen East will officially launch on 28 July at 10:30 via webinar, which will see the new group set out […]

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has published its annual progress report on the UK’s progress towards achieving Net Zero. The report considers progress across sectors, governmental departments and technologies whilst making recommendations on where efforts should be focused in ‘building back better’ from the pandemic. The report, Reducing UK emissions: 2020 Progress Report to […]

On 30 June, members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hydrogen wrote to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in regards to utilising hydrogen as part of a green recovery post COVID-19. The letter outlined a number of measures to support hydrogen, including: investment to develop the first CCUS network by 2025 working […]

Following its announcement of a NOK 3.6bn (£300mn) Green Package on 29 May, Norway has published a further document on 3 June outlining its Norwegian Hydrogen Strategy which is designed to set-out a roadmap for research, development and roll-out of future hydrogen applications and infrastructure. Norway has set an emissions reduction target of 50 to […]