Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the progress of the (a) HyDeploy project and (b) potential benefits of blending hydrogen with natural gas for supply into the domestic gas grid.

HyDeploy is funded under Ofgem’s Gas Network Innovation Competition and is being delivered by the HyDeploy consortium, led by Cadent and Northern Gas Networks. However, officials are following the progress of the project closely. The Government considers that the use of hydrogen, including through blending, has the potential to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of heating and welcomes projects such as HyDeploy which further develop evidence on the technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness of such options.