'Negative spiral': Hydrogen sector warns UK policy delays risk scuppering investment

Stuart Stone
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Dr Emma Guthrie, CEO of the Hydrogen Energy Association (HEA), and Energy Minister Michael Shanks | Credit: the HEA
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Dr Emma Guthrie, CEO of the Hydrogen Energy Association (HEA), and Energy Minister Michael Shanks | Credit: the HEA

UK Hydrogen Energy Association calls for cross-ministerial action to prevent further delays to funding allocation rounds and a national strategy refresh

The UK's hydrogen industry has today warned the government that further delays to promised policy and funding could put billions of pounds of potential investment and tens of thousands of future jobs in...

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