The Government’s recent Energy Security Strategy acknowledged the vital role hydrogen will play in the UK’s future energy mix by increasing our production target to 10GW by 2030.
However, building the required storage infrastructure for hydrogen in tandem with the production capacity will be key to ensuring that hydrogen can deliver low carbon affordable energy and economic growth.
Unlocking storage infrastructure investment is urgently needed as the sector could require 3.4 TWh of large-scale hydrogen storage by 2030, increasing to 9.8 TWh by 2035. Given the UK’s highly favourable geographical characteristics and access to depleted hydrocarbon fields, these requirements can be met but only with the right government support.
