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Hydrogen: Production

Asked by Sammy WilsonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94159

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the levels of UK content used in hydrogen production projects as part of the upcoming Hydrogen Allocation Round 3.

Answered by Michael Shanks

We welcome the industry-led voluntary ambition of 50% UK local content for hydrogen across the value chain from 2030. We will work with industry to introduce monitoring and evaluation to determine the health and success of the supply chain in relation to the existing industry voluntary content ambition, which could include exploring stronger incentives around reporting.

We plan to publish a market engagement exercise setting out our proposals for HAR3 in due course.

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