This strategy sets out the approach to developing a thriving low
carbon hydrogen sector in the UK to meet our increased ambition
for 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. The
page includes hydrogen strategy updates to the market.
UK hydrogen
strategy
Hydrogen strategy update
to the market: December 2022
Details
Hydrogen is a low carbon solution which can help the UK to
achieve net zero by 2050, and our Sixth Carbon Budget target by
2035.
As set out in the British Energy Security
Strategy, government, working with industry, is aiming for
10GW of low carbon hydrogen
production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy. This
doubled our previous ambition from the 10 point plan for a green
industrial revolution and the Hydrogen Strategy, with at
least half of our new 10GW
ambition coming from electrolytic hydrogen.
The UK’s first Hydrogen Strategy outlines:
- how the UK will rapidly and significantly scale up production
and lay the foundations for a low carbon hydrogen economy by 2030
- how government will support innovation and stimulate
investment in the 2020s to scale up low carbon hydrogen
The Strategy details how we will look to capture the economic
benefits of growing the UK hydrogen economy, supporting
innovation and stimulating investment to develop the supply
chains and skills needed and create jobs and export opportunities
for the UK.
It also sets out our twin-track approach to supporting both
electrolytic ‘green’ and carbon capture (CCUS)-enabled ‘blue’
hydrogen production, alongside other potential production routes,
which will enable the rapid growth of the sector while bringing
down costs. We outline a comprehensive roadmap for the
development of the wider hydrogen economy over the 2020s to
deliver our now 10GW 2030
ambition.
Update 13 December 2022
We have included on this page a Hydrogen Strategy update to the
market which summarises government hydrogen policy developments
and schemes since the publication of the July 2022 Hydrogen
Strategy update to the market.
As stated in the Strategy, we intend to provide regular updates
to the market as our policy develops.
Policy areas covered in this update are:
- hydrogen production
- hydrogen networks and storage
- uses of hydrogen in industry, power, transport and
potentially heat
- creating a market: regulatory frameworks and gas blending
- hydrogen sector development covering investment, exports and
imports, research and innovation, and the UK Hydrogen Champion
- international leadership in hydrogen, including through
bilateral relationships, COP27, the Breakthrough Agenda, Mission
Innovation, the Clean Energy Ministerial and the International
Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy
