GSHPA Chair responds to the Government’s publication of its Hydrogen Strategy

Plans to create a low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK over the next decade and beyond have been announced. The Government says it will work with industry to meet its ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030.

It claims a UK-wide hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million and create over 9,000 jobs by 2030.

Chair of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association, Laura Bishop responded:

We welcome the Government’s ambitions to develop the hydrogen economy in the UK. However the country has to get moving with decarbonising heat if it’s to reach the Net Zero targets. Heating peoples’ homes by using green hydrogen is certainly an option – albeit a costly one – but is highly optimistic given the short timeframe that we have to address Net Zero and the climate emergency.

Heat pumps are a proven and efficient heating technology, and their costs will fall as investment in UK heat pump manufacturing and installation increases. We await the Government’s Heat & Building Strategy that I’m sure will provide a clear roadmap for the UK to crack on with decarbonising the country’s housing stock now rather than at some uncertain time in the future

The full article on www.acrjournal.uk can be found by clicking here and contains further comments from other industry professionals.