Hydrogen technologies need pipeline of graduate talent

This is the view of Professor Joe Howe, Executive Director of the Thornton Energy Research Institute at the University of Chester, who said that for the UK to innovate new hydrogen technologies in years to come, it needs to produce more experts with the knowledge and skills to develop and research new breakthroughs.

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His comments come as over 40 academics in the fields of low-carbon energy, renewables, the environment, transport and climate change, support calls by cross-industry group Hydrogen Strategy Now for the government to lay the foundations of a UK-wide hydrogen strategy or risk falling behind other nations that have already done so.

Hydrogen Strategy Now is backed by 41 businesses including Alstom, Bosch and Siemens that employ around 100,000 people and have a value of £100bn in the UK. They are reportedly ready to invest up to £1.5bn in hydrogen projects and create thousands of jobs across the country.