UK INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLISHED

UK INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDES HYDROGEN

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-infrastructure-a-10-year-strategy

The new DESNZ infrastructure plan for 2035 has just been published by the Treasury.

It contains a short section on Hydrogen, which has been much neglected by the Government, if compared with many other countries like China. The statement is:

 Low carbon hydrogen

Good progress has already been made to support the growth of low carbon hydrogen production. Funding has been allocated to the first round of green hydrogen projects and a shortlist of projects already confirmed for the second round.198 And, at Spring Statement 2025, the government committed to removing Climate Change Levy costs from electricity used in electrolysis to produce hydrogen.199 4.49 Government has also been progressing the commercial business models for hydrogen transport and storage.200 Now, through this Strategy, the government is confirming over £500m for hydrogen infrastructure. This will enable the development of the first regional hydrogen transport and storage network, which will connect producers with vital end users – such as power and industry – for the f irst time. This will unlock hydrogen’s role in clean power and shows much needed progression for hydrogen in the UK, building on the initial small-scale projects that have helped kick-start the industry, and paving the way for the large-scale hydrogen infrastructure needed for future decades. Spending Review 2025 will also bring in the investment needed to continue driving deployment through the allocation rounds and supports hydrogen production projects across the country.

My conclusion is that UK is failing badly in this technology and is on course to repeat the Lithium battery story, invented in Oxford in 1980 but now shipped in from Asia in huge quantities costing £billions