Jan. 31 2024
Source Page: The Environment Strategy for Scotland. Delivering the Environment Strategy Outcome on Scotland's Economy: Evidence Base & Policy LeversFound: access to finance.Improved energy efficiency in industry Industrial fuel switchingElectrification Hydrogen
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to explore green hydrogen as a solution to railway emissions.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Transport Decarbonisation plan has committed to delivering a net zero rail network by 2050, with an ambition to remove all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040. While Government expects electrification to remain the dominant zero emission technology, the government supports the deployment of alternative traction such as battery and hydrogen to decarbonise the network where it makes operational and economic sense.
Through the First of a Kind competition, the Department granted £750,000 to facilitate trials of the UK's first hydrogen-powered train, HydroFLEX, to enable a better understanding the operational feasibility of hydrogen trains. The government welcomes further innovation of hydrogen technology for the railway and will keep this under review. The Department will continue to work with the Great British Railway Transition Team to develop future options to decarbonise the railway.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to draw on academic expertise to help deliver financially sustainable rail infrastructure in developing countries.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO funds academic research into transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Rail examples include 1) the High-Volume Transport programme supporting modelling on the viability of hydrogen engines for rail lines in Africa and research into more resilient infrastructure and systems, including rail; and 2) the ieConnect programme evaluating mobility impacts of rail construction in Dakar, Senegal. Both programmes' research includes safety and accessibility of trains for women, girls and people with disabilities.
The Green Cities and Infrastructure Centre of Expertise will use this evidence to advise partner governments on infrastructure policies and investments in large scale urban infrastructure projects.
Mentions:
1: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) I will come back later in my speech to the commitment on hydrogen and to how much the Scottish Government - Speech Link
2: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) That is why my gut instinct is that green hydrogen will be a great opportunity for Scotland and beyond - Speech Link
3: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) I agree with you that hydrogen is a real opportunity for us, partly because it also means that we do - Speech Link
4: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) trains for both Lombardy and the south of Italy. - Speech Link
5: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) In the next 20 years, other areas, such as green hydrogen, have the potential to mirror that scale of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) renewable energy, we are starting a nuclear revival, and we will support new technologies, such as hydrogen - Speech Link
2: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) Right now, the oil and gas sector is investing in hydrogen, carbon capture and offshore wind. - Speech Link
3: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) is now the Chief Whip, said that electrification was pointless as the nature of the track meant that trains - Speech Link
4: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) Trains in my constituency were cancelled today and the A1 was closed because a lorry had overturned. - Speech Link
5: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) people who want to heat their houses efficiently, cheaply and securely; drive their cars; get on buses, trains - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) In the case of Aberdeen, the transfer is to hydrogen. - Speech Link
2: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) Is it because people are using trains, for example, or are they staying in their cars or working from - Speech Link
Jan. 15 2024
Source Page: Briefing notes for Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition Committee: EIR releaseFound: • Green Hydrogen Fund - The Green Hydrogen Fund, which will focus on supporting renewable hydrogen
Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) There will never be an electric digger that is even half as good as the hydrogen-powered JCB backhoe. - Speech Link
2: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) to deliver better public transport.And now for trains: oh, dear! - Speech Link
3: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) I will, before I steam on to trains. - Speech Link
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024Found: of the British Empire Officer of the Order of the British Empire Jane Elizabeth TOOGOOD Co-Chair, Hydrogen
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024Found: For Political and Public Service (Derbyshire) Jane Elizabeth TOOGOOD Co-Chair, Hydrogen Delivery Council