§ Lord Inglewoodasked Her Majesty's Government:
In the light of the commitments into which they recently entered at the Johannesburg Summit, whether they will introduce measures to promote the production of hydrogen from biomass and the 34WA encouragement of the production of biomass for this purpose. [HL5790]
§ Lord Sainsbury of TurvilleThe Government have announced their intention to establish a hydrogen and low carbon fuels R&D programme, including a limited demonstration programme.
There are a number of techno-economic issues associated with the use of hydrogen as a fuel (particularly for transport applications) including storage, distribution, safety and consumer acceptance; these matters are under active consideration. This programme is one of several government initiatives of potential future benefit to the biomass sector.