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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 20 July 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

I will limit it. We heard about pipelines earlier. How easy is it to repurpose pipelines from natural gas to hydrogen? We have had some conflicting views about that over the past couple of weeks. Does anyone have a view on that?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

It might not be an easy thing just to switch from natural gas to hydrogen on, let us say, the main pipeline between—

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

I was just about to ask about getting electric prices down to actually make hydrogen competitive.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

We have heard about production taking place only during curtailment. I guess that, on the back of that, quite a lot of storage will be required. Is there any storage? How easy is it and how much is planned so far? No storage is proposed at the Kintore hydrogen plant, for example, so where would all the storage be? I will start with Lewis Elder.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

I would like to continue the discussion about the storage of hydrogen. Stuart, in your submission, you say that the storage of hydrogen is expensive and difficult. What do we need to do to get the cost down? What do we need to plan for the future?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Do you have any estimate of the cost for that?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

I am slightly confused why you would use blue hydrogen to make e-methanol. By my understanding, you break the hydrocarbon up to make blue hydrogen, take it to Grangemouth, for example, and then reintroduce CO2 to remake it. To me, that does not make sense.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Okay. Nic, I want to ask you about the Acorn project. It has track 2 status just now, but there is no funding agreement—is that correct? What do you need to take the project forward?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

The Scottish Government has committed £80 million as well. What will that money be used for? Are there discussions about that?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Grangemouth (Project Willow)

Meeting date: 20 May 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Do you have any clarity about what that £80 million would be used for?