Ralph Lavery of CATAGEN said that distributing hydrogen long distances was practically difficult and inefficient and that it made sense to always try to use it as close to its source as possible.ivNZET Committee, Official Report, 28 October 2025, col. 13 Doug McKiernan said that the modular approach looked like a good route to building investor confidence in a new sector.vNZET Committee, Official Report, 28 October 2025, col. 19
The Minister said "there is discussion to be had" on whether to actively pursue a decentralised model and that:
...consumers may want the SAF to be produced as close to their point of consumption as they can get it, but producers may want to produce it closer to their centre of production.