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UK Hydrogen Strategy

Executive

Strategy

Passed in 2021

This document sets the government's strategy to create an integrated low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK. It considers changes to the regulatory framework, aims to assess jobs opportunity, and makes a range of financial commitments and targets, notably: 1) 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 (1GW by 2025), 2) provision of £240m for the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund out to 2024/25, 3) deliver hydrogen for heat trials, and 4) provide up to £120 million this year through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme towards 4,000 new zero emission buses, either hydrogen or battery electric, and infrastructure needed to support them. The strategy also calls for the development of metrics to monitor progress against outcomes and the commitments made, including incorporating data on hydrogen production into the Digest of UK Energy Statistics.

Documents

Link to full text (PDF) (English)

Climate targets in this law

2 targets

By 2030, 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity with potential for rapid expansion post-2030 and see 1GW production capacity by 2025.

Energy | Target year: 2025 | Base year: 2020
5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 (1GW by 2025)

Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2021