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Hydrogen: Ammonia

Asked by Sarah BoolConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 8 June 2026UIN 4997

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of green hydrogen from ammonia.

Answered by Michael Shanks

In line with our current priorities, the Hydrogen Production Business Model is intended to support domestic, primary methods of hydrogen production, such as electrolytic and CCUS-enabled production. The production of green hydrogen from ammonia through ‘ammonia cracking’ would not create any new hydrogen (given the ammonia itself is produced from hydrogen) and so we do not consider it to meet these criteria. The HPBM does provide revenue support to selected low carbon hydrogen producers who may sell hydrogen for a variety of applications including as a feedstock for the production of ammonia.

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