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  • Closed consultation Consultation on a Sustainable, Regional Approach for the production, storage, transport and use of Hydrogen as a fuel

    Topics:
    • Energy research

    Consultation closed Consultation opened 25 September 2025, 10.00 am and closed 18 December 2025, 5.00 pm

    Summary

    This consultation seeks views on the department’s draft preferred policy positions on the production, storage, transport and use of hydrogen as a fuel, the regulatory framework and how to develop the local hydrogen sector. A summary of the preferred policy positions is in section 8 of the consultation document.

    Documents

    • Consultation on a Sustainable, Regional Approach for the Production, Storage, Transport and Use of Hydrogen as a Fuel Adobe PDF (661 KB)
    • Hydrogen Policy Paper - DfE S75 Screening template Adobe PDF (266 KB)
    • Hydrogen Policy Consultation - Privacy Notice Adobe PDF (173 KB)

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    Consultation description

    Hydrogen can play a key enabling role in energy security on our path to net zero by 2050 and create a new economic opportunity with the creation of alternative fuels, new technologies and the development of skills that will be needed to serve this market both here and across the world.

    Responses to the consultation from stakeholders will inform the final policy on hydrogen. This will in turn feed into the development of an action plan for the local hydrogen industry.

    The Department has also published two pieces of independent research that have informed the consultation - Publication of independent hydrogen research

    Ways to respond

    Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.

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