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Committee Material Published 25 Feb 2022 ↗ View on Parliament

We recommend that revised (draft) EN-4 includes explicit and precise wording on hydrogen, Carbon Capture and Storage and other technologies that will more clearly demonstrate how the move away from fossil fuels will be achieved. This must specifically include reference to the infrastructure required, for example for the transmission of CO2, and not just the specific types of technology used at source, such as Carbon Capture.

We recommend that revised (draft) EN-4 includes explicit and precise wording on hydrogen, Carbon Capture and Storage and other technologies that will more clearly demonstrate how the move away from fossil fuels will be achieved. This must specifically include reference to the infrastructure required, for example for the transmission of CO2, and not just the specific types of technology used at source, such as Carbon Capture. Type: recommendation | Number: 12 | Paragraph: 63 | Response status: accepted Government response: We agree with the importance of EN-5 reflecting the work of the Offshore Transmission Network Review (OTNR) and have updated the NPS to reflect the work undertaken under the OTNR and particularly the need for transmission to be more co-ordinated. This includes co-ordination of offshore-onshore trans