Media hype for subsidised Scottish project to heat 300 homes with 100% green hydrogen

Scottish offshore wind project [image credit : urbanrealm.com]

Billed as ‘A bright future for Levenmouth’, the claim that switching to hydrogen could ‘save energy customers across Britain billions of pounds’ looks rose-tinted to say the least. Maybe it’s easy to get carried away when you imagine you’re going to save the world, or something.
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Fife has leapt closer to launching the world’s first 100% green hydrogen network with the announcement of an £18 million funding boost, reports The Courier.

Three hundred homes across Levenmouth will be connected to the network, with residents becoming the first in the world to use zero carbon hydrogen for heating and cooking.

Householders will be invited to get involved in the four to five year trial from late next year.

Energy regulator Ofgem has awarded funding to gas network company SGN to build its H100 Fife hydrogen demonstration project at the energy park in Methil.

The trial has been hailed as a revolutionary, with the potential to cut carbon emissions while improving the Fife economy.

It will see the initial 300 customers given a free hydrogen connection, free replacement hydrogen appliances and free maintenance over the length of the project.

SGN said the hydrogen appliances would connect to the existing pipes for zero carbon cooking and heating.

New hydrogen-ready boilers will be provided but there will be no need to replace radiators or plumbing and households will pay the same as for natural gas.

The project aims to demonstrate how renewable energy produced by offshore wind can generate a secure and reliable supply of green hydrogen to heat homes.

If successful, homes and businesses across the UK could eventually receive hydrogen heating via 170,000 miles of pipes.

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November 30, 2020 at 05:00AM