{"id":105289,"date":"2021-01-22T14:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T14:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/?p=105289"},"modified":"2021-01-22T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T14:22:34","slug":"u-k-gas-grids-set-out-blueprint-for-first-hydrogen-town-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/business\/u-k-gas-grids-set-out-blueprint-for-first-hydrogen-town-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Gas Grids Set Out Blueprint for First Hydrogen Town by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain\u2019s natural gas network operators set out a strategy for delivering the U.K.\u2019s first hydrogen-heated town by 2030.<\/p>\n

The Hydrogen Network Plan published Thursday follows Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s commitment to harnessing the clean fuel\u2019s potential in his November 10-point plan for a \u201cGreen Industrial Revolution.\u201d Enthusiasm for hydrogen is booming, with many countries seeing it key to decarbonizing some of the most polluting sectors.<\/p>\n

The grid companies\u2019 plan outlines the areas that need to be tested such as how household appliances like heaters and cookers will stand up to<\/span> using the clean fuel. It will also model how much of the new network needs to be built and the amount of hydrogen that will be needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding the U.K.\u2019s first hydrogen town is not just about replacing the natural gas that most of our homes rely upon today; it\u2019s about reducing our carbon emissions in a safe and secure way,\u201d said Chris Train, ex-chief executive officer of Cadent Gas Ltd. and head of the Gas Goes Green program at the Energy Networks Association.<\/p>\n

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The U.K. government\u2019s policy focus has also been on employment as well as reducing emissions. Giving hydrogen a key role in a low-carbon economy could create 75,000 jobs by 2035 and 195,000 by 2050. By 2032, the five network companies are planning to invest 28 billion pounds ($38 billion) in hydrogen projects around the country.<\/p>\n

The plan also sets out the work needed to meet the U.K.\u2019s other hydrogen objectives, including being ready by 2023 to blend up to<\/span> 20% hydrogen into local gas grids and meeting a 1-gigawatt hydrogen production capacity target by 2025 and 5 gigawatts by 2030.<\/p>\n

A village in northeast England is due to start a pilot project that uses 20% hydrogen blended into its gas supply for heating and cooking.<\/p>\n

The Future Homes Standard, published on Tuesday, said that all new U.K. homes should be built without fossil-fuel heating from 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
U.K.\u2019s Hydrogen Town Milestones<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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