The Committee on Climate Change today published the 'Hydrogen in a Low-carbon Economy' report examining the role of hydrogen in a decarbonised economy.
The report explores the potential best-uses of hydrogen and identifies key recommendations to progress along the heat decarbonisation pathways. It finds that hydrogen has a key role to play in supporting the transition to a low carbon economy.
Commenting on the report, Tim Rotheray, Director of the Association for Decentralised Energy, said:
Hydrogen has a key role to play in decarbonising the most challenging parts of the energy system – meeting peak heat demands on cold days, enabling process industries to fully decarbonise and cleaning up heavy transport – but we need to ensure we use it sparingly to ensure a cost-effective low carbon transition.
Today’s report highlights that energy for heating in particular needs to be a mix, with ambitious energy efficiency, heat networks in towns and cities and hybrid hydrogen heat pumps.