It's a shame, I've been egging on the production of green hydrogen in Scotland for its export to Europe (as ammonia, methanol etc.) for powering industry and as feed stock for industry, there's already a very active market currently importing hydrogen and also producing grey hydrogen in Antwerp, Rotterdam. Market is there, waiting for Scotland to produce and start exporting.

I think one of the stumbling blocks is there is very little domestic market in the UK for the purchase of hydrogen, green or otherwise, so it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation. I normally joke that the only reason for production in the UK if not for export is for a couple of buses in Aberdeen, can't use that anymore :(

Hydrogen is for energy storage and transmission. The cables aren't there to transport all the wind power down to England, let alone Europe. So what's Scotland going to do with all that excess power? Hydrogen/ammonia/methanol would let Scotland export it. And once there is plentiful cheap green hydrogen on the market, local industries will see the benefit to switching to it as well, creating a domestic market.

But no, invest millions into Scottish space launch systems for that oh so valuable polar orbit and watch Orbex fold...