UK’s first public hydrogen blending trials completed
Northern Gas Networks to pass results of Gateshead trials to government ahead of final policy decision on blending in 2023
UK regional gas distributor Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has completed the country’s first extended trial of blending hydrogen into gas supplies via a public network. Up to 20pc hydrogen was blended into the gas supply of 668 houses, a church and a school in Winlaton in the Gateshead area of northeast England for 11 months as part of a project called Hydeploy. Customers continued to use their gas supply as normal, without any changes needed. “This project has demonstrated that hydrogen blending can play a role in decarbonising heat with no disruption,” says Fergal O’Donovan, hydrogen programme manager at NGN. 668 – Homes in blending trial The Gateshead trials formed the second phase o
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