PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 October 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) innovation and (b) research and development in the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector.
Asked by:
Sally Jameson (Labour)
Asked by:
Sally Jameson (Labour)
Answer
The Department has allocated around £170 million from the £1bn Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to encourage hydrogen R&D, including £60m for Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 and £31m for H2BECCS, to support production, storage, transport, and negative-emission technologies associated with hydrogen.
The UK is engaging internationally to accelerate hydrogen research and innovation, for example, co-chairing the Clean Hydrogen Mission and participating in the International Energy Agency Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Programme.
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