Committee on Climate Change cautious about role of H to go

Hydrogen is likely to play only specialist roles in providing power for road transport, the Committee on Climate Change believes, with electric vehicles being the dominant technology.

How will road transport be powered in the future? That’s a question occupying a great many minds as the Government’s attention turns to decarbonising the transport sector to honour its Climate Change Act commitments.   Most of the early effort has been spent trying to encourage  consumers to switch from petrol and diesel cars to hybrids or pure battery electric versions. Success has so far been limited, and perhaps not helped by advocates of hydrogen technology who say...

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