Fixation on electricity10 Apr 2022 15:15
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/09/fixation-electricity-short-circuiting-britains-hydrogen-power/
‘Fixation on electricity’ is short-circuiting Britain’s hydrogen power rollout
Britain is significantly behind its European rivals in rolling out hydrogen power because ministers and officials are “fixated” on electricity replacing fossil fuels, a leading businessman and Tory donor warned on Saturday.
Lord Bamford, the chairman of JCB, the construction machinery manufacturer, accused Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, of ignoring “alternatives to electric power” for vehicles and machinery, as he warned that batteries would be completely inadequate to fuel large vehicles spending six to eight-hour shifts on building sites and in fields.
The Conservative peer, who supported Boris Johnson's leadership bid, spoke out after the Department for Transport announced that half of all new cars would have to have “zero emissions” by 2028. But experts have warned that the increase in battery-operated cars would significantly outpace the provision of charging points, and the ability of the National Grid to cope with the rise in electricity required by the switch.