Up to 40,000 new jobs could be created, according to plans to invest in the hydrogen industry in the West Country.
According to The Western Gateway, a collaboration of local governments in south Wales and western England, it could be used for steel production and aviation fuel.
In the meantime, a new 4,850-home solar farm with 72 acres of space has opened in Codford, Wiltshire.
Centrica opened the farm, which will produce 18 megawatts of power.
It's not necessary for the sun to be shining like it does in the summer to use solar energy, but on a good day, it can supply 25% of the UK's electricity, according to Chris O'Shea, chief executive of Centrica.
"With the right policies, the UK can reach net zero sooner than 2050; it is without a doubt doable. ".
Both land and wind are in ample supply, he continued.
The county of Wiltshire is home to the second-highest number of solar farms in the UK, and Codford is Centrica's first solar farm there.
Chris Skidmore MP, the former energy minister who oversaw the Net Zero Review, said that gas and oil prices were at the mercy of other countries and that the United States had no control over them.
Hundreds of attendees at a conference in Newport heard about how hydrogen power could help cut carbon emissions.
In order to produce electricity, hydrogen engines combine oxygen from the atmosphere with the fuel, producing water as waste.
The region might develop into a "green energy powerhouse," according to Catherine Bennett, chair of the Western Gateway.
The aerospace industry, airports, and universities all want to invest in hydrogen.
"Energy costs are a difficult problem; we all know that.
This is meant to encourage the government and other investors to present compelling arguments for why it might be worthwhile.
