Designing the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund - Consultation

Closed 25 Oct 2021

Opened 17 Aug 2021

Contact

HydrogenProduction@beis.gov.uk

Overview

A consultation to inform the design of the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF) which aims to support the commercial deployment of low carbon hydrogen production during the 2020’s.

Why your views matter

The government is seeking views on how we design the NZHF to maximise it's benefits, while ensuring value for money.  It outlines our proposals for:

  • Type of funding
  • Technologies
  • Activities
  • Eligibility and project assessment criteria
  • Delivery

Those interested in responding to the consultation are likely to include:

  •  Companies involved in the construction of low carbon hydrogen production projects
  • Companies that are looking for development support for low carbon hydrogen production projects
  • Interested members of the public

Audiences

  • SMEs (small and medium businesses)
  • Large businesses (over 250 staff)
  • Multinational businesses
  • Trade bodies
  • Medium business (50 to 250 staff)
  • Micro business (up to 9 staff)
  • Small business (10 to 49 staff)
  • Oil and Gas
  • Wind
  • Nuclear
  • Wave and tidal
  • Low carbon technologies
  • Construction
  • Investment
  • University staff
  • Universities
  • Research Councils
  • Research Funders
  • Science Policy organisations and thinktanks
  • Learned Societies
  • Innovation community
  • Thinktanks
  • Freelance researchers
  • General public
  • Local government
  • Central government
  • Non-departmental public bodies
  • The Devolved Administrations

Interests

  • Science funding
  • Science and society
  • Innovation
  • Industrial strategy
  • Oil and Gas
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy and climate change
  • Business investment
  • Oil and gas
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy and climate change
  • Carbon budgets
  • Emissions
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • Climate change
  • Growth
  • Competitiveness
  • Investment