Change in UK PM unlikely to impact hydrogen momentum
Hydrogen trade associations expect continued support from new prime minister
The UK hydrogen sector expects little impact on its momentum from the recent change in the country’s leadership. New UK prime minister Liz Truss—the foreign secretary of the previous administration—has taken particular focus on energy security, although she has been criticised for her leadership campaign’s opposition to onshore renewables and support for new oil and gas production. In yesterday’s parliamentary debate on energy costs, in which Truss unveiled a plan to freeze energy bills at £2,500/yr, hydrogen was included in a list of clean energy technologies for which the government will “speed up deployment”. While Truss has also pledged to “make sure that the UK is an energy exporter by

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