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	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Natural Gas: Hydrogen
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop the UK gas network and appliances connected to it so that they are able to receive a supply of 100 per cent hydrogen.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Replacing natural gas in the gas grid with hydrogen may be an option which could contribute to decarbonising heat, along with other options including heat networks, electric heat pumps and biogas. The Government’s December 2018 report on Clean Growth: Transforming Heating concluded that there is currently no clear consensus on the best approach to decarbonising heat at scale and that further work is required on the 100 per cent hydrogen option to prove the safety and feasibility case and to better understand the costs and benefits.</p><p>BEIS is currently working with industry organisations and other stakeholders to ensure that all the R&amp;D, testing and trialling work required to achieve this has been identified.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also currently investing in a range of innovation programmes to explore and develop the potential of low carbon hydrogen for end use sectors. This includes:</p><p>o Up to £20m to test the potential for switching to hydrogen (and other low carbon fuels) across a range of industrial sectors,</p><p>o Hy4Heat – a £25m hydrogen for heat innovation programme with the aim of establishing if it is technically possible and safe to replace methane with hydrogen in residential and commercial buildings and gas appliances,</p><p>o £23m to support deployment of hydrogen vehicles and growth of refuelling infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/02/2020 11:56:22 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1176941

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what strategies are in place to increase capacity in the energy grid network across the UK to meet increased demand from electric vehicles.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL1415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Ofgem, the independent energy regulator, ensures – through the RIIO regulatory framework – that there is sufficient investment in electricity networks to deliver our net zero target and enable the transition to electric vehicles, whilst ensuring costs are kept down for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>This is alongside numerous measures to prepare the electricity system for new sources of demand, including electric vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>‘Smart’ charging of electric vehicles can reduce demands from EV charging at peak times to help manage grid capacity. The Government recently consulted on secondary legislation to mandate that all charge points sold or installed in the UK must be smart enabled.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, the Government established an Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce. The Taskforce has now reported and published 21 proposals for Government, industry and Ofgem on how we can ensure the energy system is ready for the mass uptake of electric vehicles. Government is actively considering these proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/02/2020 12:09:41 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson