The Energy Networks Association (ENA) and Hydrogen UK urged the government to “regain the momentum” in the low-carbon hydrogen industry after being overtaken by leading economies.

The two organisations have published the International Hydrogen Progress Index, a report that measures how attractive national markets are for hydrogen generation and infrastructure. 

In 2021, the UK ranked as the second-most attractive market after South Korea. Two years later, the country has dropped to eighth place in the ranking, behind Germany, the US, Japan, Canada, South Korea, the Netherlands and France. 

“Though some progress has been made, the US, Germany, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands and France have all leapfrogged the UK at a time when competition to attract international investment in energy infrastructure has dramatically increased,” the report says. 

The authors of the report stressed that, although the UK has doubled its hydrogen production target for 2030...