A new report launched today appears to have found a “winning combination” in the mission to decarbonise the UK, by using hydrogen (H2) to heat homes backed up with significant carbon capture and storage (CCS) development.
The two-year H21 Leeds City Gate project, undertaken by Northern Gas Networks (NGN), Kiwa Gastec, Amec Foster Wheeler and Wales and West Utilities, details the potential benefits that could arise from replacing natural gas in the UK city’s gas grid with ‘green’ H2.
CCS and H2 represent a winning combination for UK decarbonisation efforts
The project will redesign Leeds’s gas network and establish a high pressure (17 bar) outer city ring main in order to transport methane (CH4) to strategically placed steam methane reformers (SMRs) for distribution into the below 7 bar network.
This network could then be used to heat and cook homes across the city, which currently accounts for approximately 30% of the UK’s total carbon emissions. In turn, this could provide a pathway to slashing these emissions, as burning H2 instead of natural gas produces water rather than emitting carbon dioxide (CO2).
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