Scottish Government: Hydrogen Action Plan Publication

The Scottish Government has now published the final version of the Hydrogen Action Plan. This sets out the strategic approach and actions required to support the development of the hydrogen economy in Scotland over the course of this Parliament, including a number of transport specific actions:

• Create an environment for the public and private sector to co-design technology and infrastructure pathways for the application of hydrogen in transport, and deliver coincident benefits for jobs and supply chains.
• Help facilitate the rollout of the infrastructure needed for hydrogen vehicles to operate in Scotland. 
• Work collaboratively with the transport sector to drive down the cost of hydrogen in transport applications and encourage uptake of both hydrogen and battery-electric vehicles.
• Make Scotland a global centre of expertise for innovation in hydrogen mobility technologies, collaborate with international partners and grow our hydrogen mobility manufacturing base.
• We will continue to support a growing Scottish skills base in hydrogen for transport.

The Action Plan is supported by a £100m capital funding programme, designed to accelerate the production of renewable hydrogen in Scotland. £10m of this capital funding programme is for Hydrogen Innovation Scheme and the remaining £90m for the Green Hydrogen Fund which will be launched early next year. This investment is aimed at driving Scotland’s hydrogen production capability to meet an ambition of at least 5GW of renewable and low carbon hydrogen by 2030 and 25GW by 2045.