UK Gov: Hydrogen 'not a panacea' for emissions problems - SAFETY4SEA - Safety4Sea

Hydrogen is “not a panacea” for cutting c emissions and plans to necessitate each caller boilers to beryllium hydrogen-ready successful 4 years clip are unrealistic, warned MPs connected the Science and Technology Committee past week.

The UK MEPs argued that the situation progressive successful producing the vigor root astatine standard meant its relation was apt to beryllium constricted successful the UK’s aboriginal vigor system.

In its latest report, the committee highlighted “conflicting views” connected the relation the vigor root could play successful home heating, compared to electrical vigor pumps.

The Committee recovered that it is improbable that the substance volition beryllium applicable oregon economical for wide usage successful the abbreviated and mean word for heating homes oregon fuelling rider cars. This is owed to the cost, technological and infrastructure challenges, and the “unassailable” marketplace pb held by alternatives.

For example, the modulation to electrical vehicles is good underway, with November representing the biggest period for battery electrical conveyance income with 29,372 caller registrants. To enactment this, charging infrastructure is being installed up and down the country, with 36,752 operational crossed the UK already.

The Government is targeting 10GW of hydrogen generation by the extremity of the decennary arsenic portion of its vigor information strategy to scope nett zero and trim its reliance connected overseas suppliers.

This includes hydrogen produced from debased c state (blue) and from splitting h2o with renewable energy (green).

A further interest is that hydrogen is inactive overwhelmingly produced done fossil-fuel-intensive processes. Currently, c seizure and retention (CCS) has not been deployed astatine the ample standard required to marque a worldly publication to emissions reduction, mostly ruling retired bluish hydrogen successful the abbreviated term.