Hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland

Scottish Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 6 Jan 2022 Closed: 23 Nov 2023 Parliament page
The Committee will be inquiring into hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland as a follow up to our renewable energy in Scotland inquiry. We want to hear about Scotland's role in hydrogen production and including opportunities for carbon capture utilisation and storage. The focus will be: The UK Government's Hydrogen … Read more
18 Recommendations
6 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
4 Letters
7 Events
Activity timeline 18 events
21 Nov
2023
Correspondence
8 Jun
2023
Report published
8 Jun
2023
Correspondence
25 Apr
2023
Correspondence
10 Mar
2023
Report published
7 Mar
2023
Correspondence
16 Jan
2023
Oral evidence
16 Jan
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
12 Sep
2022
Oral evidence
12 Sep
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · To be confirmed
18 Jul
2022
Oral evidence
18 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
16 Jan 2023
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Alison Conboy · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Michael Matheson MSP · Scottish Government Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Stefanie Murphy · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Stuart McKay · Scottish Government Susan Stirling · Scottish Government
12 Sep 2022
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18 Jul 2022
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Barry Carruthers · ScottishPower Oonagh O’Grady · SSE Professor Andy Sloan FRSE · Royal Society of Edinburgh Sarah Potts · Storegga
4 Jul 2022
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Bethan Vasey · Shell UK Upstream Clare Jackson · Hydrogen UK Louise Kingham CBE · BP plc Will Webster · Offshore Energies UK
16 May 2022
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Angus McIntosh · SGN David Wallace · Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Dr Jillian Couto-Phoenix · National Manufacturing Institute Scotland Dr Nigel Holmes · Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland HC 83 10 Mar 2023 24 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
3 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon…
The UK and Scottish Governments arrived at their respective 10GW and 5GW by 2030 low...
The UK and Scottish Governments arrived at their respective 10GW and 5GW by 2030 low carbon hydrogen production targets independently of each other, and we are unclear how the two targets align and whether either is achievable. Clarity on this … Read more
Government Response
The government states that delivering up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 is a stretching but deliverable ambition and that they will be developing a hydrogen production delivery roadmap to show how hydrogen production can be scaled up over the coming decade, to be published by the end of the year; however, they stopped short of agreeing to formally align targets or timelines with the Scottish Government.
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4 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon…
We conclude that both the UK and Scottish Governments’ hydrogen strategies require interim targets to...
We conclude that both the UK and Scottish Governments’ hydrogen strategies require interim targets to ensure that hydrogen production and net zero commitments are met. We recommend that both UK and Scottish Governments set such interim targets for hydrogen production, … Read more
Government Response
The government states it is delivering policies to support deployment of new low carbon hydrogen production and will develop a hydrogen production delivery roadmap to show how hydrogen production can be scaled up, but does not specifically commit to setting interim targets or a timeline of key decisions for projects.
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Government Response AI assessment · 24 of 18 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 8
Deferred 3
Total 18 recs + 6 conclusions
Correspondence 4 letters
21 Nov 2023 To committee Letter from Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy at Scottish Government on an update on Scotland’s renewables and wind power potential, dated 14 November 2023.
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8 Jun 2023 To committee Letter from the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero accompanying the Government’s response to the Hydrogen and Carbon Capture report.
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25 Apr 2023 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP, Minister of State for Energy Security & Net Zero on Hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland follow-up on 16 January 2023, dated 14 April 2023
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7 Mar 2023 Correspondence with Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport at Scottish Government on follow up to hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland on 16 January 2023, dated 23 January and 3 March 2023.
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