Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero whether his Department is taking steps to support the scaling up of hydrogen production pathways beyond blue and green methods.

To get the scale and cost reductions needed to meet the UK's carbon budget and net zero commitments, the UK supports multiple hydrogen production routes. This includes blue and green hydrogen as well as less-established technologies, such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), thermochemical water splitting and methane pyrolysis, which could also play a role in the production mix. Further detail is set out in July 2022’s Hydrogen Strategy Update to the Market. The UK's low carbon hydrogen standard will ensure all supported technologies make a real contribution to our decarbonisation goals.