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Matt Lister in DrivingHydrogen Newsletter has today revealed the big new project proposed to create £6.5bn of hydrogen production, creating 24,300 jobs. The objective is 1GW of green hydrogen by 2030, 10% of what Boris promised many years ago.

A new energy grouping led by HydraB Power, chaired by Jo Bamford of Wrightbus and Ryze fame, joining with Centrica, JCB, ITM Power, Johnson Matthey, Heidelberg Materials, National Gas.

With £6.5bn of private investment already committed, the coalition says, and a strategy rooted in hard-nosed industrial pragmatism.

At its heart is a plan to reduce the cost of green hydrogen by buying equipment in bulk, securing power on better terms, and building with at least 50% UK content. In doing so, HySpeed hopes to anchor 24,300 jobs across sectors like electrolyser

• Electrolysers, 2,025

• Upstream Power, 9,290

Joey Stoate on 24 March has just outlined the new Hydrogen bus tests to begin soon at Sizewell C.

3 Hydrogen double deckers plus one single deck bus will start the experiment delivering workers to and from the big construction site.

Sizewell said' We’re delighted to see this trial underway. Like Sizewell C, at Wrightbus we’re striving a zero-emission future. Wrightbus created the world’s first hydrogen double deck bus and is incredibly proud of the groundbreaking work it has done in the decarbonisation of the transport sector.We are unwavering in our commitment to hydrogen being part of the energy transition. We have an army of operators across the UK and Europe who realise that hydrogen meets their demands better than electricity. Indeed, for some rural routes electric buses are simply unable to cope. We always said hydrogen was for big and heavy machines and these buses are a perfect example…

Last Wednesday, the National Wealth Fund (NWF) priorities were stated by Government, together with its link with GB Energy, which has now kicked off announcing its first big project investment.

NWF will put £5.8bn into green hydrogen and other projects in the next 4 years, with an increase in capital limit to £7bn to get bigger risk projects.

NWF has four investment principles

1. Investment that supports the government’s growth and clean energy missions. 

2. Investments in capital-intensive projects, businesses or assets. 

3. Investments intended to deliver a positive financial return for the Exchequer

The new Infrastructure and Planning Bill has been published. It looks very long at 167 pages and could take many months to get through. The GB Energy bill was only 10 pages but has still not been completed.

We definitely need to take action on planning obstructions. Why can we not build wind turbines near airports? We are held back all across Britain if this continues. Birds do not fly into wind turbines and neither do aircraft

Ed Milliband claimed he could change 'a broken planning system that puts the brakes on growth", and Angela Rayner said that “government is paving the way for us to get Britain building more vital infrastructure so our children and grandchildren can grow up in a more energy secure world.”

Lets hope it gets through to 'Back the builders and not the blockers' that the hydrogen industries have cited in their messages. has taken…