The strategy’s publication has had an additional statement that explained that the authorities said that by the year 2050, 20% to 35% of the U.K.’s energy consumption could be hydrogen-based. In the mid-term, the U.K.’s hydrogen economy could add $5 billion of investment and provide more than 9,000 jobs by the year 2030, according to the government.
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Frank Gordon, director of policy at the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, said it provided “welcome clarity.”
“The REA urged the government to provide certainty for investors, deliver a technology-neutral approach and highlight the range of low carbon pathways,” Gordon added.
“The Hydrogen Strategy starts to answer those calls and offers a positive vision for the role of hydrogen in meeting the UK’s net-zero ambitions.”
On the other hand, Dan McGrail, CEO of the trade association RenewableUK, called for more when it came to green hydrogen. “While we welcome positive steps like the new Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, overall the strategy doesn’t focus nearly enough on developing the UK’s world-leading green hydrogen industry,” he said.
