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Heat pump campaigners fear hydrogen distraction 12 February 2021
Prohibitively high costs and complex logistics are among the many factors obstructing the advent of a UK hydrogen economy.
Members of Pump it Up, an advocacy campaign for the deployment of large-scale heat pumps, are concerned that, while hydrogen adoption is one of the hottest topics in Westminster, it is distracting ministers from shaping policy to support other heat decarbonisation technologies which are ready to use now.
Taking pride of place in the prime minister’s
Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, hydrogen has the future potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across the three key areas of power, transport and heat. With 780 mentions in Parliament in the 10 years since 2011, hydrogen has become the third most discussed breakthrough energy solution of the last decade.