Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I think it's a bit of a pipe dream and all very theoretical at the moment.
|
On the contrary, the first village-sized trial will begin in 2025, either in Redcar or Whitby, near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. A new ‘hydrogen ready’ standard for boilers installed in UK homes has already been drawn up and should mean that by 2025 at the latest, all new installations will be able to burn hydrogen.
https://utilityweek.co.uk/redcar-and...rogen-village/
Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Does anyone know if existing gas boilers can run on hydrogen or be converted to do so?
Will the existing gas supply be changed to hydrogen or will we need a storage tank in a similar fashion to those that use oil?
|
Conversion ought to be possible also, and has been done before. Our national gas infrastructure progressively switched from town gas to natural gas in the mid 20th century. It takes a fair bit of logistics and a lot of home visiting but it can be done.
The idea is to replace methane with hydrogen in the public supply, but given the immensely complicated task of ensuring all domestic boilers can burn hydrogen and the local network (not to mention domestic pipes) can distribute it without leaking, this is not going to happen any time very soon.