Business and energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg invited to Cromarty Firth to see 'silver bullet' potential of hydrogen for himself as local MP Jamie Stone hails 'totally green and clean' source
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THE "silver bullet" potential of so-called 'green hydrogen' has been acknowledged by newly appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has been invited to Ross-shire to find out more.
Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone has invited members of the Government up to the Highlands to observe the work being done to progress the creation and storage of hydrogen energy.
Mr Stone said: "Cromarty Firth is home to some well-developed plans for the production and storage of hydrogen. Of course, hydrogen is the perfect answer because when you burn it, you get water. It is totally green and totally clean.
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"I would actively encourage members of the Government to take up my offer of a visit to not only observe the hydrogen potential but also other promising sources such as the proposed Cromarty Firth Green Freeport."
Mr Rees-Mogg said: "I think hydrogen is ultimately the silver bullet. I can see how you create it from renewable sources because you have the wind power where people are not drawing on the electricity system.You use it as an effective battery. And it then can be with some adjustments piped through to people's houses to heat them during the winter.
"There are real opportunities with hydrogen and we get some heckling from the socialist front bench and I would point out to them that everyone accepts that gas is a transition fuel so to get to where the Honourable Gentleman wisely wishes us to go, we need more natural gas as the transition fuel."
He went on: "I don't know if I can promise a visit in the short-term but I'd love to come in principle and my ministers are like the greyhounds in the slips waiting to get up to his constituency."
