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Northern Gas Networks, BEIS and Cadent to build hydrogen houses
The UK’s first houses to demonstrate the use of hydrogen-fuelled appliances in a real-world setting are to be built by Northern Gas Networks (NGN), the company has announced.
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Replace windows with wood
Glass might be great for looking through but, unfortunately, it’s a very poor insulator. In a typical house, windows account for roughly 10% of the total heat lost and two thirds of this is radiation through the glazing itself.
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Route to cleaner greener gas
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has completed the project as part of H21, in collaboration with fellow gas distribution networks Cadent, Scottish Gas Networks and Wales & West Utilities. It builds on the earlier H21 Leeds City Gate project, which established a hydrogen conversion of the gas grid was technically possible and economically viable.
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District heat networks – the overlooked urban solution?
While hydrogen certainly offers great potential, it’s often overlooked that it is untested technology at present and, meanwhile, the clock is ticking.
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No hope for heat pumps? Gas Users Organisation backs hydrogen
The Gas Users Organisation has branded the government’s commitment to move from gas to heat pumps as ‘premature’ and ‘prohibitively expensive’. This comes on the back of the recent Future Homes Standard consultation, in which the government outlined a heat pump orientated future: “A low carbon heating system will be integral to the specification of the Future Homes Standard and we anticipate that heat pumps will become the primary technology for new homes.”
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Gemserv acquires Ecuity to accelerate ‘net zero’ drive
Ecuity’s extensive expertise in energy, mobility and environmental policy complements Gemserv’s established role as a manager of high-profile projects in the energy and other sectors.
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Energy White Paper Summary & Key Points
Whilst decarbonisation measures that were outlined in the 10-point plan are revisited in further detail, the paper also outlines a range of funding packages to help consumers to reduce both bills and carbon emissions as well as setting out plans for job creation, including support for those making the transition from traditional gas and oil industries.
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Hydrogen – a credible future in home heating?
It looks like the writing is on the wall for natural gas boilers following the prime minister’s announced intention to reduce emissions by 68% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels. Such an ambitious target cannot be tackled with heat pumps alone, so how to plug the gap?
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First hydrogen in-house boiler demo under way
The site has been used to complete more than 200 tests, researching and proving the safety of converting homes and gas networks to hydrogen.
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Baxi Heating commits to net zero operations and products
Leading boiler manufacturer, Baxi Heating UK and Ireland, part of BDR Thermea Group, has promised to revolutionise the way we heat our homes and buildings. The announcement coincides with the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and places Baxi Heating at the heart of the ‘heating transformation’ that is required to achieve the UK’s climate targets.
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10-point plan – the takeaway points
Boris Johnson has outlined his eagerly awaited 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, but which areas affect you?
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UK to prosper from Biden $2tn renewables revival
Just a few days after the US officially withdrew the Paris agreement, newly elected president, Joe Biden, pledged to enter them back into it immediately, whilst also committing a colossal $2tn investment to a ‘green recovery’. Even prior to his election share prices for the solar/wind energy company NextEra exceeded the market value of oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron signalling a shift in the zeitgeist.
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Future Fuels & Hydrogen Economy Virtual Conference
The Future Fuels & Hydrogen Economy Virtual Conference is taking place 9 – 10 November 2020. Explore the fundamentals around future fuels on the market from the industry’s leading experts.
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Policy report calls for national delivery to decarbonise heat
Heat is the largest single source of UK carbon emissions, accounting for over one-third whilst decarbonising heat stands as one of the most significant challenges in reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To overcome this challenge it is vital business, government, regulators and communities work together to shape the policies and delivery mechanisms that will be needed.
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OFTEC: What could be coming down the road?
To drive through the changes needed to reach its carbon reduction targets, the government will need to shake up the current way that things are done in the heating industry. OFTEC has dusted off its crystal ball and here considers a few of the most likely policy options the government may consider.
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Opinion: Why the CHGS is ‘a step in the right direction’
Rory Mathews, economic analyst at Ecuity Consulting LLP discusses why the CHGS is ‘a step in the right direction’.
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Is hydrogen the future of home-heating?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government invited comments on plans to reduce emissions from new homes built after 2025. The frontpage proposal is aimed at replacing gas boiler connections with heat pumps, heat networks and direct electric heating.
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What are the next steps when it comes to renewable energy?
The climate is changing in many ways, with global warming being a particular concern for scientists, NES recruits renewable energy specialists across the world. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), greenhouse gases are largely responsible for the warming of the planet, which explains why renewable energy has become such a topic of importance in recent years.
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Government invests £35 million in innovative clean energy projects
The Government has announced new funding that will help deliver clean growth and affordable energy as part of the Industrial Strategy.
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Household bills could be cut by £50 a year through energy storage, report finds
A new report released today outlines significant cost savings for the UK electricity system, should the potential for energy storage be realised. The impact of which could deliver savings of up to £50 a year on an average consumer energy bill through a system wide saving of up to £2.4bn a year by 2030.
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Electric vehicles to make up 35% of global new car sales by 2040
The electric vehicle revolution could turn out to be more dramatic than governments and oil companies have yet realized, according to new research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Clean energy firm looks to boost engineering team
A company that specialises in converting commercial vehicles to run on hydrogen is looking to build its team of engineers.
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Two minutes with…
What do you do? We are a subsidiary of Fronius International which has been designing and manufacturing PV inverters in Austria for the last 20 years.
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CCS competition winners announced
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced the winners of a £20m competition which aims to reduce the cost of carbon capture storage (CCS) technology.