James Earl, Director of Gas at Energy Networks Association, which represents the UK's gas and electricity networks, said:
"Our gas networks are creating the world’s first zero carbon gas grid by speeding up the switch from natural gas to hydrogen for the 85% of UK households connected to the gas grid.
"For this to work, we need the whole hydrogen value chain to grow simultaneously - with production and demand developing alongside a network to transport that hydrogen from one to the other.
"Today's announcement from Hydrogen UK sets out a welcome and very timely set of recommendations which urgently need to be taken forward in order for this vision to become a reality."
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