RE: Blimey22 Nov 2023 10:48
I work for a company who are active in a lot of hydrogen projects at a distance. Almost all have suffered from significant delays, often due to government policy which is not particularly supportive. They offer piecemeal support and expect the private sector to do all the legwork. This is fine in principle but for a fledgling sector such as hydrogen which requires collaborative joined up support from multiple sectors (producers, infrastructure providers, OEMs, offtakers and government regulation) it needs more than piecemeal support to appeal to investors to build a business case. At the moment there's so much uncertainty, and even more so when the Tories are going to get booted at the next election, so projects are inevitably getting delayed as investors wait and see what the policy landscape will look like.
I am so far underwater here, it is not funny. And I certainly no longer hold the same belief as I did previously. But if the stars align then I could still see a return. First thing needed is to sell the Leeds building to allay short turn funding issues