The Government has confirmed that the £500m allocated funding for a regional hydrogen transport and storage network will go ahead.

The investment builds on the CCUS projects in the North West and Teesside and should support manufacturing sectors likely to require hydrogen like iron, steel, glass, chemicals and ceramics.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “The funding will unlock hydrogen’s unique role in Britain’s energy system, where it can decarbonise industrial sectors including refineries and heavy transport, while providing long-term energy storage that can be deployed during peak demand periods.”

The funding also enables progress on supporting low carbon hydrogen production through continued Hydrogen Allocation Rounds (HAR), building on the success of the First Hydrogen Allocation Round which saw 11 projects being allocated over £2bn in government funding.

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