Question reference: S6W-04523
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 19 November 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it is allocating to the Hydrogen Economy Cluster set out in the Draft Hydrogen Action Plan; how many people will work at the Hydrogen Economy Cluster, and by what date it will be operational.
Answer
The Hydrogen Economy Cluster will raise awareness of the opportunities in the hydrogen economy, support a Team Scotland approach and provide practical steps to help companies realise opportunities in hydrogen and associated low-carbon markets. The cluster will be pan-Scotland and will play a key role in helping the energy and oil and gas supply chain move into hydrogen production, distribution and/or key areas of hydrogen demand such as transport and low-carbon heat.
Hydrogen policy officials are currently working with the Enterprise Agencies on the development of the Hydrogen Economy Cluster and further details will be available in 2022.