“ THE UK HAS A STRONG MODEL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND ONE OF THE KEY AREAS WE ARE ASKING IS HOW DO WE TRANSITION ELEMENTS OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION INDUSTRY INTO NET-ZERO BY INTRODUCING HYDROGEN COMBUSTION.”


PAOLO FAVINO, HEAD OF INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY & TRANSFORMATION, AUTOMOTIVE UNIT, THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & TRADE


current electricity system – a huge new industry. More recently, the CCC’s Seventh Carbon Budget, although not yet legislated, states 106 terawatt hours of hydrogen in the UK by 2050. 106 terawatt hours of low carbon and green hydrogen in the UK being produced and used by 2050, again seeing a cut of about half. And now focused on hydrogen being used in hard to decarbonise parts of industry, such as ceramics, chemical production and things like sustainable aviation fuel, shipping fuel, and potentially energy storage, but not being used for heating in buildings. And very little, if any, being used for surface transport. But even though we’ve settled down to this much lower figure, it is still a huge new industry and a major opportunity for the UK,” she explained. According to Brown, the UK is


particularly well placed to take a lead in this low carbon hydrogen industry amid slow global progress if it has the right support in place to drive it.


DELIVERING ON HYDROGEN Paolo Favino, Head of Innovation, Technology and Transformation, Automotive Unit, at the Department of Business and Trade, gave an overview of its work to support the transition to hydrogen and implied the current government had a more


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ambitious stance on hydrogen. Favino shared how the UK is


identifying different opportunities for growth and hydrogen propulsion technologies. Working with stakeholders across automotive, aerospace, marine, rail and off-road, in order to maximise investments. “The previous government had


a different approach to the current government. It was very much – let’s address the market failures then the market will fix it. This government is different – it has a plan. We have an industrial policy. That means that we have a vision for how future advanced manufacturing supply chains in the UK should look like to maximise growth.” In terms of primary opportunities


for hydrogen, experts discussed a number of potential areas. “The UK has a strong model


manufacturing industry and one of the key areas we are asking is how do we transition elements of the internal combustion industry into net-zero by introducing hydrogen combustion,” added Favino. Other areas of opportunity


included using hydrogen for the decarbonisation of maritime – both domestic and international shipping. “Aviation and aerospace are


other areas where hydrogen can play a role but they are not as technology ready as maritime – so we’re talking 2040. While we look at maximising the benefits from


a net-zero perspective, what we want to see is maximised growth for UK companies, here and internationally,” said Favino. Questions from the floor were


raised on how the UK expects to compete with countries like China. While there was no direct answer, Favino suggested it would be through a focus on quality and niche applications and technologies, rather than a race to the bottom. Later in the morning, speakers


from GeoPura to Burges Salmon and E3G shared some of the exciting zero emission hydrogen projects that are underway, as well as some challenges around infrastructure and value. “Clean hydrogen could offer


some really major economic benefits for the UK. Particularly in supporting a reliable clean power system and securing the future of many key industries across the country. But clean hydrogen will be expensive. I think we need to be very open about that. It will require significant subsidy, possibly in perpetuity, and where we can electrify end uses instead, electrification will be a cheaper option,” said Chris Galpin, Energy Policy Advisor at think tank, E3G. Galpin warned that governments


need to invest wisely in hydrogen and work to minimise costs. Both to ensure investments deliver value for money, and to bring forward


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