The new program will support the development of innovative new technologies that generate hydrogen from biomass and waste.
5 million pounds of government funding will go to support the development of innovative new technologies that generate hydrogen from biomass and waste, technologies that have the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The UK Government has launched a new program to help develop innovative technologies to produce hydrogen, a clean energy source, from sustainable biomass and waste.
The new BECCS Hydrogen Innovation Program will support the development of technologies to produce hydrogen generated by BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage). The BECCS process produces hydrogen from biomass and waste, with the ability to capture and store the carbon released during the process.
This technological breakthrough can uniquely offer the ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as the CO2 absorbed during the growth of sustainable biomass and the organic content found in waste can be permanently removed from the atmosphere by carbon capture technologies.
Hydrogen BECCS technologies therefore have a key role to play in the UK’s path to net-zero emissions, providing hydrogen as a clean fuel for hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as transport and heavy industry, while removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
This new program will support the Government’s plan to develop a thriving low-carbon hydrogen sector as part of the UK’s green industrial revolution. As a clean fuel, emitting only water vapor when burned, hydrogen has a key role to play in our transition to net zero energy, with the potential to help reduce emissions from hard-to-decarbonize areas of the economy such as transport and heavy industry.
Source: UK Government press release (2022)