Goal is to drive down price of hydrogen made by splitting water using renewable energy
Earlier this year, Keele University began a pioneering project to pump 20% hydrogen into its own campus gas network – part of an initiative to show how hydrocarbons could be removed from the UK’s heating grid. The work, temporarily paused during the current pandemic, has shown hydrogen can be added safely. Replicated across the grid, it could avoid 6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, comparable to taking 2.5 million cars off the road.