UK advised to look at hydrogen heating to hit 2050 emissions targets

Millions of gas boilers will need to be replaced with hydrogen alternatives and coupled with electric heating devices if Britain is to hit its carbon targets at the lowest cost, according to the government’s climate advisers.

Hydrogen is already used to power some buses. The Committee
on Climate Change says it should be used for heating homes. 

In a report on the role hydrogen could play in the energy system, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) spelt out the huge but necessary cost the country faces to switch to green heating.

The cheapest scenario, it said, is a mix of electrifying heating and fitting hydrogen boilers, and will cost the UK £28bn a year, or 0.7% of GDP, by 2050.

While electricity supplies are rapidly switching to low-carbon sources, almost all homes today rely on fossil fuels – predominantly natural gas – for heating and cooking.

Read the story from The Guardian by Adam Vaughan - “UK advised to look at hydrogen heating to hit 2050 emissions targets.”