Found: These projects will set the UK on course to become a global leader in CCUS and hydrogen – delivering

Found: It states: “We will be powered by renewables including wind and solar, hydrogen, power with carbon

Found: areas such as advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, building technologies, geothermal techn ologies, hydrogen

Found: in areas such as advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, building technologies, geothermal technologies, hydrogen

Found: device manufacturer ; IP core; outsourced semiconductor assembly and test; chemical; coatings; gases; hydrogen

Found: Green hydrogen, a clean energy source that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity

Found: could also become increasingly dependent on the subsurface for storage as it decarbonises, including hydrogen

Found: 2021 ) with a focus on using sustainable and synthetic fuels for aircraft, upgrading equipment with hydrogen

Found: -23 inactive demonstrations including MicroUAVs, crack detect, and range-resolved hydrogen sensing

Found: In an area subject to naturally occurring methane, carbon dioxide and other hazar dous gases (e.g. hydrogen

Found: jet cutting to remove the deflector plates inside the silo, the ONR’s work on analysing the risk of hydrogen

Found: Highly engineered to allow any hydrogen to be safely vented and built from super-strong Duplex steel

Found: He joined the Isle of Raasay Distillery to explore the application of hydrogen technology in distillation

Found: part of the analysis and the requirement to have high voltage elec tricity next to water and that hydrogen

Found: currently generates 3.6 times the power it consumes and has a robust renewables pipeline including green hydrogen

Found: intrinsic role the Acorn project should play.The Acorn project is also central to the Scottish Government’s Hydrogen

Found: Industries senior leadership team Updated forecast due to re-profiling of timing of project spend on Hydrogen

Found: 48.148 0.000 48.148 Summary of proposed changes Transfer to Scottish Enterprise to support the Scotland Hydrogen

Found: Other ZDEHS solutions include: • 100% Hydrogen – the use of 100% hydrogen is the only current example

Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, and what public funding it will make available to deliver this in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.

Answered by Martin, Gillian - Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy

As confirmed in the Programme for Government, we will shortly publish the Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan to support Scotland’s just transition to a green economy.

Scottish Government capital investment is primarily focussed on the demand sectors of heat, transport and industry.

In support of the delivery of our energy ambitions this financial year (2024-2025) we have allocated:

• over £145 million for active travel, in addition to the over £2 billion we invest in public transport annually.
• £266 million budget for Heat in Buildings.
• £12.2 million for hydrogen projects.
• £9 million to Scotland’s manufacturing industries through the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.
• £2 million to support the Acorn Carbon transport and storage project.
• Our Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray continues to support a range of pioneering projects with an allocation of £16.4 million

Funding for future years will be subject to annual budget allocations.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent officers will work in its planning hub, and, of those, how many officers will concentrate on extending the hub's work from speeding up hydrogen consenting to housing development.

Answered by McKee, Ivan - Minister for Public Finance

The Planning Hub is hosted and coordinated by the National Planning Improvement team in the Improvement Service. As host, the Improvement Service is responsible for the operational delivery of the Hub, including resourcing.

The Scottish Government continues to support the Improvement Service to work at pace to make the Hub fully operational.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) a timeline and (b) details of its plans to extend the work of its planning hub from speeding up hydrogen consenting to developing housing.

Answered by McKee, Ivan - Minister for Public Finance

As laid out in the Programme for Government, the Planning Hub’s initial priority is to help planning authorities make quicker decisions on hydrogen planning applications.

This first phase of the Hub will be a pilot that looks to provide proof of concept for it to be in place for the longer term, with a plan to extend the services offered by the Hub in 2025-26 to support wider developments including the delivery of good quality homes and onshore wind. We will set out further details relating to extending the Hub’s services as this initial work progresses.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government when its planning hub will start operating

Answered by McKee, Ivan - Minister for Public Finance

The Planning Hub was established in September within the Improvement Service.

Scoping and engagement has commenced in collaboration with planning authorities, industry and other key organisations to identify the support and expertise needed by planning authorities to support consenting on hydrogen planning applications.

The Scottish Government continues to support the Improvement Service to work at pace to make the Hub fully operational.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out details of its plans to extend services offered by the planning hub to support housing developments. 

Answered by McKee, Ivan - Minister for Public Finance

As laid out in the Programme for Government, the Planning Hub’s initial priority is to help planning authorities make quicker decisions on hydrogen planning applications.

This first phase of the Hub will be a pilot that looks to provide proof of concept for it to be in place for the longer term, with a plan to extend the services offered by the Hub in 2025-26 to support wider developments including the delivery of good quality homes and onshore wind. We will set out further details relating to extending the Hub’s services as this initial work progresses.