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<p>The Government is already investing up to £121m (between 2015 and 2021) in innovation
across the hydrogen supply chain to grow the UK hydrogen economy. This includes the
£33m Hydrogen Supply competition, supporting projects including renewable hydrogen
at scale through offshore floating wind (Dolphyn), and the world’s largest electrolyser
production facility (ITM Gigafactory). The HyDeploy project has been commissioned
by Gas Network Operators to investigate the option of blending up to 20% hydrogen
with natural gas in the gas grid, while the Government’s £25m Hy4Heat programme is
exploring the safety and feasibility of using 100% hydrogen for heat in homes.</p><p>In
addition, a £100m Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund was announced in August 2019,
to stimulate capital investment in new low carbon hydrogen production, and at the
Budget this year we announced at least £800m to support carbon capture and storage
infrastructure that could help enable production of low carbon hydrogen at scale.</p>
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