Wasted Wind to Clean Hydrogen

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