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
8 results
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1 Conclusion Acknowledged
Sixth Report - Hydrogen and carbon…
The UK and Scottish Governments have clear strategies and appropriate aspirations for hydrogen, with significant...
The UK and Scottish Governments have clear strategies and appropriate aspirations for hydrogen, with significant commonality in their ambitions. Overall relations between the UK and Scottish Governments in this area appear to be good with effective official-level and ministerial cooperation. Read more
Government Response
The UK Government agrees that both UK and Scottish Government have clear strategies and ambitions for hydrogen and engage regularly on policy developments.
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2 Recommendation Acknowledged
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The UK and Scottish Governments have different net zero target dates of 2050 and 2045...
The UK and Scottish Governments have different net zero target dates of 2050 and 2045 respectively. We recommend the UK and Scottish Governments respond to this report explaining how they will work together to ensure respective targets will be met. … Read more
Government Response
The government states that it is working with the Devolved Administrations on tackling climate change and delivering net zero, collaborating at all levels, including through the Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Inter-ministerial Group and the official-level Net Zero Nations Board.
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5 Recommendation Acknowledged
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We are concerned that the Scottish Government does not see more potential in Green Freeports...
We are concerned that the Scottish Government does not see more potential in Green Freeports to complement Scottish and UK hydrogen policies, despite them being a joint UK and Scottish Government initiative and the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport … Read more
Government Response
The UK and Scottish governments will use the business case development of the Green Freeports as a mechanism to explore how they can support Scottish and UK hydrogen ambitions.
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12 Conclusion Acknowledged
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The evidence we have received demonstrates that there is vast potential for the export of...
The evidence we have received demonstrates that there is vast potential for the export of low carbon hydrogen and expertise from Scotland, which could generate significant economic benefits to the economy. We welcome some recent policy updates and note the … Read more
Government Response
The UK government agrees that close working between the two governments will be key to realizing benefits from exports, and states they are actively engaging Scottish Government officials on the export of UK hydrogen and related goods, services and expertise.
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13 Recommendation Acknowledged
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We recommend that the UK and Scottish Governments work more closely to ensure the achievability...
We recommend that the UK and Scottish Governments work more closely to ensure the achievability of their respective ambitions for hydrogen exports, and that the economic benefits are realised. In its response to this report, the UK Government should continue … Read more
Government Response
The government recognizes the opportunities for UK businesses and is engaging with trade associations and potential exporters to understand opportunities and barriers, and will update its position in line with wider global developments. They also mentioned engaging with investors, the wider hydrogen industry, and the Scottish Government while developing investment profiling work.
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15 Recommendation Acknowledged
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We recommend that the UK Government highlight its potential for export to overseas markets immediately.
We recommend that the UK Government highlight its potential for export to overseas markets immediately. This is to ensure that companies in Scotland can benefit from global hydrogen export markets and opportunities and not be left behind. (Paragraph 71) Storage … Read more
Government Response
The UK Government is actively engaging overseas markets and potential offtakers to scope demand and opportunities for the export of UK hydrogen and will continue to engage colleagues in the Scottish Government to ensure that companies in Scotland can take advantage of these opportunities as they develop and grow.
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19 Recommendation Acknowledged
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We recommend that the UK Government should examine how storage of low carbon hydrogen could...
We recommend that the UK Government should examine how storage of low carbon hydrogen could be made a national infrastructure asset as this could help guarantee energy security for the UK. (Paragraph 92) Jobs and skills training
Government Response
The UK Government recognises the potential role for hydrogen storage in providing broader energy security and states that its commitment to designing a hydrogen storage business model will support the development of hydrogen storage infrastructure, and will continue to consider whether further regulatory or other interventions are required.
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24 Recommendation Acknowledged
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We recommend that, in anticipation of a decision around the use of hydrogen in heating...
We recommend that, in anticipation of a decision around the use of hydrogen in heating by 2026, the UK Government should mandate hydrogen-ready boilers for all suitable new or replacement installations as soon as practicable and at least introduce that … Read more
Government Response
The Government has consulted on proposals to require that from 2026 all newly installed domestic-scale natural gas boilers be hydrogen-ready, subject to conditions, and is currently analysing responses.
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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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