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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced the shortlisted projects for the first electrolytic hydrogen allocation round (HAR1) 2022, totalling 408MW of capacity across England, Scotland and Wales. DESNZ aims for contracts to be awarded in Q4 2023, with the first projects becoming operational in 2025. DESNZ further outlines how projects that are awarded contracts will look to kickstart the low carbon hydrogen economy across the UK, deploy up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 and help deliver carbon savings to meet Carbon Budget 5, Carbon Budget 6 and other net zero commitments.
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