Question reference: S5W-34163
- Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 18 December 2020
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the publication of its Hydrogen Policy Statement and Scottish Hydrogen Assessment report.
Answer
Today the Scottish Government will publish its Hydrogen Policy Statement and the report of the Scottish Hydrogen Assessment. The Policy Statement can be accessed at https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781800045033
The Hydrogen Policy Statement sets out our support for the strategic growth of a strong hydrogen economy in Scotland. In the Statement, we commit to making hydrogen a key element of Scotland’s decarbonisation plans, setting out the potential roles for hydrogen in our energy transition and our ambitions and strategic priorities regarding the various applications of hydrogen in our energy system in light of our net zero commitments.
In the statement we commit to providing the supportive policy and regulatory environment required to enable Scotland to take a pioneering role in a growing global industry and support our vision for Scotland to become a leading Hydrogen Nation in the production of reliable, competitive, sustainable hydrogen.
We will describe our next steps in our hydrogen journey and set out how we will implement our hydrogen policies when we publish our Hydrogen Action Plan in 2021 which will be supported by £100 million investment to support its delivery over the next five years.
The Hydrogen Policy Statement is accompanied by the publication of three supporting research studies, the Scottish Hydrogen Assessment , Scottish Offshore Wind to Green Hydrogen Opportunity Assessment and a Deep Decarbonisation Pathways for Scottish Industries study , which form a robust evidence base on Hydrogen that informed the development of the Policy Statement.