East coast hydrogen delivery plan report
Recognising the important role of hydrogen in our future energy system, UK Government has set an ambitious target of deploying 10 GW of low-carbon hydrogen production by 2030, with at least half of this total coming from Green Hydrogen.
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has also recognised the important role of hydrogen and called for the development of a core network of hydrogen pipelines by 2035. 3 The East Coast region will be vital to achieving this national ambition.
The region is host to two of the UK’s largest industrial centres, as well as two of the proposed CCUS clusters - East Coast Cluster and Viking – and is home to 8 hydrogen projects that were shortlisted for bilateral negotiations in multiple UK Government funding rounds (accounting for ~30% of successful production projects).
The Combined Authorities and the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in the East Coast region are crucial partners in the UK reaching its Net-Zero goals, driving local plans to decarbonise and supporting businesses and communities to upskill to enable the low-carbon economy to grow
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