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IGEM encourages the Scottish Government to fully harness the potential of Biomethane to reduce carbon emissions across the gas network.

Achieving net zero means reaching into the lives of everyone – those with, and those without. Those most vulnerable to change stand to suffer if we don’t get it right.

IGEM's response to the Hydrogen Update to Market

Response from the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to the Heat Strategy for Wales: The path to net zero heat in Wales by 2050 across all sectors

Response from the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee's call for evidence on Keeping the Power On: Our Future Energy Technology Mix.

Response from the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee's call for evidence on Heating our Homes

Response from the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great Britain: Consultation.

"more attention needs giving to a consumer-centric, collaborative, multi-vector, more secure, whole energy system approach"

On the 30th March the UK Government published their Powering Up Britain package which contains a suite of new announcements to develop a thriving UK hydrogen economy.

IGEM responds to the Climate Change Committee which provides a series of recommendations for delivering a reliable, secure and decarbonised power system by 2035

Mission Zero – the published outcome of The Net Zero Review by Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP – has made it clear that hydrogen will play a vital role in our future energy mix.

We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation and aim to represent the collective views of IGEM Members and our gas industry stakeholders. We have selected questions from the consultation which are of greatest relevance to our Members and provided our response.

Britain’s Hydrogen Blending Plan sets out the actions needed from industry and government to start decarbonising the gas network through hydrogen blending; demonstrating that a 20% hydrogen blend could reduce carbon emissions by 6m tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, equivalent to 2.5m cars being off the road.

We're proud to have supported this report from the Royal Academy of Engineering on the low regret, urgent decisions that can be taken now to decarbonise the UK economy. The report includes a case study from our Head of Technical Services & Policy, Ian McCluskey, on the Deployment of Critical Technologies such as Hydrogen and Carbon Capture.