Great news from the UK following a successful 18 month project involving Hydrogen blended in a University Natural Gas network.
The project known as HyDeploy involved 100 homes and 30 University buildings across Keele University’s campus, where 20% Hydrogen was blended into the Natural Gas supply (20 mol% hydrogen). The Hydrogen was produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity.
The consortium of partners behind the HyDeploy consist of Keele University, Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, Progressive Energy, Health and Safety Executive, and ITM Power. The consortium now plans to conduct a larger trial in Winlaton involving around 700 homes, a school and a number of businesses. They have also advised that “alongside the enabling safety case, the HyDeploy project has demonstrated the first steps of hydrogen deployment are safe, technically feasible and non-disruptive, both for the network and domestic users.”
This is significant stepping stone to the end goal of achieving a 100% green hydrogen gas network in the UK. By supplying Natural gas blended with a 20% green Hydrogen across the UK (~23 million homes), it is estimated that the carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by approximately 6 million tonnes (~7% reduction).
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