Gas network operators and energy suppliers urge government to promote hydrogen-fueled recovery

Cecilia Keating
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EXCLUSIVE: In a letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Siemens Energy, Engie, National Grid, and Ryse Hydrogen call for the government to emulate its successful approach to offshore wind development and set an official cost reduction target for green hydrogen

Ten of the UK's largest gas networks and energy supply chain companies have written to the government to set out how it can supercharge the hydrogen economy as it sets out its Covid-19 recovery strategy...

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