Cuadrilla Resources CEO Francis Egan says the UK-based onshore shale gas operator is looking at ways to produce hydrogen from its shale gas exploration site in Northwest England.
Egan says the company is committed towards carbon capture and storage and hydrogen production, which he hopes will power local transport in Lancashire.
“We recognise that carbon capture and storage and hydrogen production are critical if the UK is to meet its net-zero emissions target,” Egan said on the Cuadrilla website.
“To that end we are engaging with a number of existing initiatives so that that UK shale gas rather than imported gas can and will be a vital source of emission free UK energy by 2050. We don’t pretend that we have all of the answers but we are becoming fully engaged in conversations around the hydrogen economy and new technology that will get us there.”
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