ENA publishes Hydrogen Blending Delivery Plan

The report sets out how all five of Britain’s gas grid companies will meet the government target for Britain’s network of gas pipes to be ready to deliver 20 per cent hydrogen to homes and businesses by 2023, as a replacement for up to a fifth of the natural gas currently used.

It will also mean that Britain’s fleet of gas-fired power plants will be able to use blended hydrogen to generate cleaner electricity.

The companies are calling for the UK government to double its domestic 2030 hydrogen production target from 5GW to 10GW, to ensure as much hydrogen as possible is produced from UK sources to better protect homes and businesses from international gas market changes.

Blending 20 per cent hydrogen into the gas grid will reduce carbon emissions by the equivalent of 2.5 million cars a year, without any changes needed to be made to people’s cookers, boilers or heating systems, ENA said.