Could the UK become a 'global leader' in the hydrogen economy?

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According to a new report from Cornwall Insight, the UK is well-placed to lead the world in the development of the low carbon hydrogen infrastructure that will be critical to the net zero transition

The UK's nascent hydrogen sector may be dogged by on-going policy uncertainty and at risk of being pulled into the country's interminable culture wars, but at the same time some encouraging progress is...

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