Fife hydrogen-home project signs up 300 households

Set to go live n 2024, H100 Fife will be delivered through a partnership between gas distribution company SGN and Fife Council, in cooperation with industry regulator Ofgem. The project, claimed to be a world-first by the partners, will see Baxi provide its 100 per cent hydrogen boilers to the participating customers.

Green hydrogen for the project will be supplied via a dedicated Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult 7MW wind turbine, which will be connected to an on-site electrolyser and six purpose-built storage tanks. Modelling shows the turbine could ultimately help provide enough hydrogen for up to 900 homes a year.

Customers living in the Denbeath or Buckhaven areas in Levenmouth who use gas and live in terraced, semi-detached, detached houses and ground or first floor flats can take part.  The initial cohort of 300+ households will have hydrogen boilers and in some cases cooking appliances fitted and maintained for free for the duration of the project, which is due to run until 2027.