'The government has gone cold on hydrogen heating': British Gas sizes up a future beyond fossil fuels

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Dan Rosenfield, managing director for net zero at British Gas, speaks to BusinessGreen about how the company plans to take its 10 million customers on the net zero journey

Thanks to its name and heritage, British Gas is synonymous with fossil fuels. The energy giant's history stretches back to the Gas Light and Coke Company in the early 1800s. The first public utility...

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