Written Evidence May. 15 2024
Inquiry: Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mixFound: , with hydrogen storage, for use in the electricity system?
Written Evidence May. 15 2024
Inquiry: A flexible Grid for the futureFound: resources and storage systems including offshore platforms, energy islands, tidal energy capture, green hydrogen
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (March 2024)Found: Low data capture at AQ034, AQ047, AQ049 and AQ053 was due to the monitors being powered by hydrogen
May. 15 2024
Source Page: UKAEA awards £9.6m to six organisations for fusion projectsFound: Reducing fusion powerplant fuel requirements with advanced production and handling technology for hydrogen
May. 15 2024
Source Page: £557 million for public buildings to switch to cleaner heating and save on energy billsFound: two Sofidel plans to replace their current natural gas steam boiler with one that can run on green hydrogen
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for transport projects in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government has spent £8.4 billion on transport in the West Midlands region over the last three years, improving connectivity, shortening journey times, reducing congestion, and transporting people and goods.
Figures are not available at the level of individual local authorities. However, in Coventry, recent Government investment includes;
Coventry also stands to benefit from allocations to West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) including
May. 14 2024
Source Page: BB1 3HT, Electricity North West Limited: environmental permit issued – EPR/BP3038MZ/V006Found: include monitoring of releases to air of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulphur, hydrogen
Asked by: Matheson, Michael (Scottish National Party - Falkirk West)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on what progress has been made by SGN and National Grid to understand the role that hydrogen can play in meeting its heat decarbonisation targets, as set out in its Hydrogen Action Plan.
Answered by Martin, Gillian - Minister for Energy and the Environment
Scottish Government officials are engaging with National Grid on the Project Union initiative exploring the phased repurposing of the UK’s natural gas National Transmission System (NTS) to create a UK hydrogen backbone carrying 100% hydrogen. Decisions on the future of the Gas Grid are a reserved matter and are expected to be made in 2026 by the UK Government. We continue to routinely engage with UKG on a range of hydrogen policy matters including recent consultations on Transport and Storage Hydrogen Business Models
SGN are core members of the Scottish Hydrogen Industry Forum.
Asked by: Matheson, Michael (Scottish National Party - Falkirk West)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is exploring the use of hydrogen as an energy storage and balancing asset to the national electricity grid and the national gas grid, as set out in its Hydrogen Action Plan.
Answered by Martin, Gillian - Minister for Energy and the Environment
We are convinced that hydrogen will play an important role as an energy storage and balancing asset to the wider energy system electricity and gas grids as the share of renewable generation continues to increase.
We published a report in 2023 which can be found here investigating the options for storing energy in the form of hydrogen in Scotland and its potential for reducing curtailment of renewable energy and the role of hydrogen peaking power plants for electricity generation during times of low renewable energy generation.
The study found that hydrogen storage will play an important role in balancing an energy system that has large amounts of intermittent renewable energy. These findings have informed our position and engagement on strategic programme discussions such as the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) and Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) and the ESO Constraints Collaboration project, which is seeking solutions for thermal constraints, which can reduce costs to the consumer or reduce the curtailment of renewable generation.