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Microcab Response to APPG Inquiry into Hydrogen<\/strong>
In the past few weeks several of our European neighbours have put hydrogen at the
forefront of their future energy plans and the funding to support it, including Germany<\/a>,
Norway<\/a>, Portugal <\/a>and the EU <\/a>itself. This is in addition to the efforts of Japan <\/a>to become
a world leader using the Tokyo Olympics, China\u2019s <\/a>move in to hydrogen and hydrogen
vehicles (FCEVs) in mid-2019, likely to be endorsed and enlarged in the next 5 year plan
due in 2021, and California\u2019s consolidation<\/a> of their push into renewables and hydrogen.
These are a ringing endorsement of the hydrogen economy as the best solution to
reducing emissions quickly enough to hit the various targets set, and the advantages
seen by those economies to being ahead of the world in the associated technologies to
provide benefits and jobs to their economies to replace and overtake those provided by
fossil fuels.
As yet the UK has not got a co-ordinated Hydrogen strategy nor a clear position on
where such a strategy would sit in general energy policy, and both of these are essential
to moving forward and the APPG Hydrogen Inquiry is a welcome step in that direction. It
should also be pointed out that the UK\u2019s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
(NECP)<\/a> was drawn up in early 2019 but has not been implemented since. A
comprehensive updated Energy Plan\/Strategy would seem to be essential in terms of
planning the UK\u2019s energy future in the decade to come, which promises to produce
radical change worldwide in energy policy and use.
Microcab Industries Ltd<\/a>
This submission is made on behalf of Microcab Industries Ltd who are the world leaders
in small-scale manufacturing of leanweight FCEVs built on circular economy principles,
(which they are developing into a mass manufacturing capability). Microcab\u2019s design
philosophy, as shown in its current fleet of 10 roadworthy (UK & EU) vehicles, is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. To minimise or eliminate all emissions and so address climate change and air
    pollution;<\/li>
  2. To maximise the efficiency of any of its products in terms of resources used;<\/li>
  3. To maximise the lifecycle of the vehicle through longevity, and the replacement
    and reusability of all parts of the vehicle and so create a circular economy;<\/li>
  4. To enhance the lives of users and non-users of light vehicle transportation;<\/li>
  5. To do all of the above while maintaining the current and future safety and
    functional standards of light vehicles.
    Being a vehicle manufacturer, this submission will concentrate on the transport and
    automotive sectors, though it should be made apparent that the benefits of a hydrogen
    economy are that it can replace and improve all aspects of energy, and the flexibility,
    revenue streams and supply chains all interlink and enhance the whole economy and
    individual sectors.
    Earlier Microcab Responses to the UK target of 2035<\/strong>
    Microcab Industries Ltd has already provided responses to the UK Government on many
    of these questions in three documents in February 2020 when the UK Government first
    announced the new targets, as follows:
    1. The report\/plan itself (link here)<\/a> ; and<\/li>
    2. An addendum on how to expand Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRSs) cheaply
      according to population and geography in the UK (      link here<\/a>); and<\/li>
    3. A Powerpoint presentation (in pdf) on the current and future state of Hydrogen
      Technology use as of January 2020 (      link here<\/a>).<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Additionally a recent updated version of these documents addressing the Hydrogen
      Economy in Scotland, and containing more detailed information on different sectors of
      industry is in a Microcab response to a Scottish Government Questionnaire       here<\/a>.
      What the Microcab report is based on economically is several studies on hydrogen and
      renewables the most notable of which is an analysis of 139 countries by Stanford
      University about the economic advantages and possibilities of large scale transition to
      renewables and hydrogen over the next 30 years referred to       here<\/a>, with individual
      analyses of 139 countries       here<\/a>, and a summary of the projected means of energy
      production, including the production of associated new jobs in the UK at 2050       here<\/a>.
      Hydrogen and FCEVs potential roles
      In the short term the most impact and visibility of the hydrogen economy will be in
      transportation as the technology is most advanced and tested in this sector, which this
      depends on infrastructure. Microcab have shown that half the country in its main
      population centres could be served by only 20-25 Hydrogen refuelling stations within 2-3
      years (HRSs) costing an estimate of \u00a320-30m in total (cf. \u00a3400m for charging points).
      Further, the spread of FC bus fleets and HGV use will result in HRSs which could be
      made available to the public, especially as they will be in city centres. Commercial and
      public sector fleets are also a logical starting place for FCEV use and so HRSs, which
      could be fuelled by renewables on site.
      As this infrastructure develops it will provide jobs and benefits in the supply chains and
      manufacture of the required technologies, many of whose leading companies are based
      in the UK (such as ITM Power and Logan Energy). It will also provide the stimulus for
      the manufacture and marketing of FCEVs, which in turn will develop the supply chains,
      manufacture and development of the required technologies. At the moment the UK is
      held back in this because the largest manufacturers (Toyota and Hyundai) will not sell
      vehicles more than 25 Miles from an HRS resulting in very low sales of FCEVs despite
      the demand. However targeted funding (which can be on a matched basis with industry
      as is being done with charge points) and facilitation by government (which can coordinate the various branches of the H2\/FCEV industries and companies and provide
      regulatory and financial incentivisation) would mean that the UK could soon catch up,
      and indeed overtake, its nearest rivals.
      In the medium term the UK should be aiming at the same kinds of targets as its peer
      countries (2030 – 1m FCEVs, nationwide coverage of HRSs). At the same time it would
      be developing the know how and technologies to promote rollout of hydrogen and
      renewables worldwide as these could provide vital energy solutions to the 75% of the
      world that has little energy security or reliability, as well as to the most developed
      nations. Microcab estimated at the beginning of the year that a tipping point would have
      been reached by 2025 on choosing hydrogen as a major energy source in the major
      economies, and by 2030 it would be apparent it was to be dominant (with renewables).
      That means technologies such as FCEVs (and including heating, gas grids, domestic
      supply, etc) will advance and become the dominant technologies in their individual
      sectors, and each of these will support each other, and the development of green
      production of hydrogen on a national level.. As the question of emissions becomes
      controlled and targets become more clearly achievable, the focus will change to
      resources and the circular economy towards the end of the 2030s and thereafter.
      The UK is in a good position to develop these technologies and is already advanced in
      renewables (40% of electricity generation in the UK, and 75% in Scotland). The UK also
      has a large amount of technological and academic expertise and knowledge to be able
      to exploit the forthcoming energy revolutions, and could develop these into a major
      industrial strategy for the UK to create major world-beating industries for the decades to
      come – if the investment is forthcoming now or in the immediate future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Microcab Response to APPG Inquiry into HydrogenIn the past few weeks several of our European neighbours have put hydrogen at theforefront of their future energy plans and the funding to support it, including Germany,Norway, Portugal and the EU itself. This is in addition to the efforts of Japan to becomea world leader using the Tokyo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

      Microcab Response to APPG Inquiry into Hydrogen<\/strong>
      In the past few weeks several of our European neighbours have put hydrogen at the
      forefront of their future energy plans and the funding to support it, including Germany,
      Norway, Portugal and the EU itself. This is in addition to the efforts of Japan to become
      a world leader using the Tokyo Olympics, China\u2019s move in to hydrogen and hydrogen
      vehicles (FCEVs) in mid-2019, likely to be endorsed and enlarged in the next 5 year plan
      due in 2021, and California\u2019s consolidation of their push into renewables and hydrogen.
      These are a ringing endorsement of the hydrogen economy as the best solution to
      reducing emissions quickly enough to hit the various targets set, and the advantages
      seen by those economies to being ahead of the world in the associated technologies to
      provide benefits and jobs to their economies to replace and overtake those provided by
      fossil fuels.
      As yet the UK has not got a co-ordinated Hydrogen strategy nor a clear position on
      where such a strategy would sit in general energy policy, and both of these are essential
      to moving forward and the APPG Hydrogen Inquiry is a welcome step in that direction. It
      should also be pointed out that the UK\u2019s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
      (NECP) was drawn up in early 2019 but has not been implemented since. A
      comprehensive updated Energy Plan\/Strategy would seem to be essential in terms of
      planning the UK\u2019s energy future in the decade to come, which promises to produce
      radical change worldwide in energy policy and use.
      Microcab Industries Ltd
      This submission is made on behalf of Microcab Industries Ltd who are the world leaders
      in small-scale manufacturing of leanweight FCEVs built on circular economy principles,
      (which they are developing into a mass manufacturing capability). Microcab\u2019s design
      philosophy, as shown in its current fleet of 10 roadworthy (UK & EU) vehicles, is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. To minimise or eliminate all emissions and so address climate change and air
        pollution;<\/li>
      2. To maximise the efficiency of any of its products in terms of resources used;<\/li>
      3. To maximise the lifecycle of the vehicle through longevity, and the replacement
        and reusability of all parts of the vehicle and so create a circular economy;<\/li>
      4. To enhance the lives of users and non-users of light vehicle transportation;<\/li>
      5. To do all of the above while maintaining the current and future safety and
        functional standards of light vehicles.
        Being a vehicle manufacturer, this submission will concentrate on the transport and
        automotive sectors, though it should be made apparent that the benefits of a hydrogen
        economy are that it can replace and improve all aspects of energy, and the flexibility,
        revenue streams and supply chains all interlink and enhance the whole economy and
        individual sectors.
        Earlier Microcab Responses to the UK target of 2035
        Microcab Industries Ltd has already provided responses to the UK Government on many
        of these questions in three documents in February 2020 when the UK Government first
        announced the new targets, as follows:<\/li>
      6. The report\/plan itself (link here) ; and<\/li>
      7. An addendum on how to expand Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRSs) cheaply
        according to population and geography in the UK (link here); and<\/li>
      8. A Powerpoint presentation (in pdf) on the current and future state of Hydrogen
        Technology use as of January 2020 (link here).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Additionally a recent updated version of these documents addressing the Hydrogen
        Economy in Scotland, and containing more detailed information on different sectors of
        industry is in a Microcab response to a Scottish Government Questionnaire here.
        What the Microcab report is based on economically is several studies on hydrogen and
        renewables the most notable of which is an analysis of 139 countries by Stanford
        University about the economic advantages and possibilities of large scale transition to
        renewables and hydrogen over the next 30 years referred to here, with individual
        analyses of 139 countries here, and a summary of the projected means of energy
        production, including the production of associated new jobs in the UK at 2050 here.
        Hydrogen and FCEVs potential roles
        In the short term the most impact and visibility of the hydrogen economy will be in
        transportation as the technology is most advanced and tested in this sector, which this
        depends on infrastructure. Microcab have shown that half the country in its main
        population centres could be served by only 20-25 Hydrogen refuelling stations within 2-3
        years (HRSs) costing an estimate of \u00a320-30m in total (cf. \u00a3400m for charging points).
        Further, the spread of FC bus fleets and HGV use will result in HRSs which could be
        made available to the public, especially as they will be in city centres. Commercial and
        public sector fleets are also a logical starting place for FCEV use and so HRSs, which
        could be fuelled by renewables on site.
        As this infrastructure develops it will provide jobs and benefits in the supply chains and
        manufacture of the required technologies, many of whose leading companies are based
        in the UK (such as ITM Power and Logan Energy). It will also provide the stimulus for
        the manufacture and marketing of FCEVs, which in turn will develop the supply chains,
        manufacture and development of the required technologies. At the moment the UK is
        held back in this because the largest manufacturers (Toyota and Hyundai) will not sell
        vehicles more than 25 Miles from an HRS resulting in very low sales of FCEVs despite
        the demand. However targeted funding (which can be on a matched basis with industry
        as is being done with charge points) and facilitation by government (which can coordinate the various branches of the H2\/FCEV industries and companies and provide
        regulatory and financial incentivisation) would mean that the UK could soon catch up,
        and indeed overtake, its nearest rivals.
        In the medium term the UK should be aiming at the same kinds of targets as its peer
        countries (2030 - 1m FCEVs, nationwide coverage of HRSs). At the same time it would
        be developing the know how and technologies to promote rollout of hydrogen and
        renewables worldwide as these could provide vital energy solutions to the 75% of the
        world that has little energy security or reliability, as well as to the most developed
        nations. Microcab estimated at the beginning of the year that a tipping point would have
        been reached by 2025 on choosing hydrogen as a major energy source in the major
        economies, and by 2030 it would be apparent it was to be dominant (with renewables).
        That means technologies such as FCEVs (and including heating, gas grids, domestic
        supply, etc) will advance and become the dominant technologies in their individual
        sectors, and each of these will support each other, and the development of green
        production of hydrogen on a national level.. As the question of emissions becomes
        controlled and targets become more clearly achievable, the focus will change to
        resources and the circular economy towards the end of the 2030s and thereafter.
        The UK is in a good position to develop these technologies and is already advanced in
        renewables (40% of electricity generation in the UK, and 75% in Scotland). The UK also
        has a large amount of technological and academic expertise and knowledge to be able
        to exploit the forthcoming energy revolutions, and could develop these into a major
        industrial strategy for the UK to create major world-beating industries for the decades to
        come - if the investment is forthcoming now or in the immediate future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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