Scotland ‘a great place’ for green hydrogen development
Project developers that have secured grants tell Hydrogen Economist they are optimistic, despite incentives competition with US and EU
Over a quarter of projects recently awarded grants through the UK’s Net Zero Hydrogen Fund will be located in Scotland, looking to leverage strong renewable resources and an abundance of offshore wind electricity due to come online this decade. In addition to the UK’s target for 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030, the Scottish government has set its own target of 5GW of hydrogen production capacity within the country by that year. Edinburgh-headquartered H2 Green has secured £500,000 from the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support Feed and post-Feed studies for its green hydrogen hub in Inverness. The company plans to initially develop a 6MW electrolyser, as well as wind and solar assets. First

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