Wasted Wind to Clean Hydrogen
Net Zero is not just a climate commitment, it is also the foundation for
our economic development and energy security strategies, and hydrogen
is at the heart of that transition. It’s true for Britain, and especially so for
Scotland.
The UK enjoys strong natural advantages to become a world leader
across the entire clean tech ecosystem, from the large underground caverns
off the Yorkshire coast capable of storing carbon and hydrogen, to the
powerful winds buffering my constituency of Na h-Eileanan. But we’re
also struggling from our early success in the build out of renewables,
which grew far faster than transmission capacity was able to keep up.
These grid constraints are already costing households and businesses
over £1bn per year, and will increase to over £3bn annually before planned
solutions are implemented over the next decade, leaving wind turbines to
spin idly in the meantime. With growing concern over the cost of net
zero, we need to be smarter in how we deliver decarbonisation
Offshore Wind and Hydrogen
