Tyne and Wear village to tap blended hydrogen from gas grid in green heating pilot

Cecilia Keating
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Plan for 10-month hydrogen heating trial near Gateshead comes as WWF Scotland urges major energy efficiency investment programme to slash emissions from leaky and carbon-intensive homes

More than 650 households and businesses in a village in Tyne and Wear could soon be among the first in the UK to heat their homes and cook their meals using natural gas blended with green hydrogen, with...

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