The UK aims to develop 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030
UK slow to start on hydrogen exports
While the government claims the country has ‘strong potential’ as a future exporter, the focus on meeting domestic demand and lack of international trade agreements paints a different picture
While the UK government is currently focusing on developing hydrogen production for domestic use, it considers the country to have “strong potential as a future exporter of hydrogen while maintaining secure supplies for domestic use”. “Our Energy Security Strategy sets out our aim to make the UK more energy self-sufficient, doubling the UK’s hydrogen production ambition to up to 10GW by 2030 and supporting 12,000 jobs across the country along the way,” a spokesperson for government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) tells Hydrogen Economist. “This increased ambition will open up opportunities for companies to export UK hydrogen while domestic demand increases, pa
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