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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled UK Hydrogen Strategy, published in August 2021, what recent steps his Department have taken to meet the target of achieving 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030.

The Government is supporting multiple production technologies, including both electrolytic and carbon capture (CCUS)-enabled hydrogen production, by providing capital support through the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF) and revenue support through the Hydrogen Business Model (HBM). The first window for joint support under these policies for electrolytic hydrogen production closed on 12 October and the Government has committed to run further annual allocation rounds. CCUS-enabled hydrogen projects have been invited to bid through the Phase-2 Cluster Sequencing process. These policies support the Government’s aim to have up to 2GW of hydrogen production capacity in construction or operational by 2025.