A hydrogen vision for the UK
Building our greener future will require innovation, investment and rapid infrastructure development. Yet against such challenge, there is opportunity. A clean energy system with energy security and affordability at its heart will benefit companies, communities and consumers alike. With the right commitment to change, and the right policy and regulatory framework in place, we can use this transformation to deliver economic growth, jobs and a cleaner, greener world that will be good for the UK today and for the generations that follow tomorrow.
It will need new infrastructure. We will need to repurpose today’s pipes to safely and reliably move the hydrogen we need around. We will also need new facilities to store hydrogen between when it is produced in summer to when it is needed in winter. And we will also need new appliances in industry, business and homes industry to turn the hydrogen into useable energy. The gas networks in GB and Northern Ireland are committed to playing a leading role in delivering this. They stand ready to invest £6.8bn2 by the end of the decade in hydrogenfocused projects, whilst delivering on the core role of safely and reliably moving energy around the country from where it is produced to where it is used.
