There is something unique about these two bland and nondescript houses on the outskirts of Gateshead.
thetimes.co.uk/article/inside…
thetimes.co.uk/article/inside…
The only clue about what makes them so different comes when you switch on a gas ring on the hob.
These are the first two homes in the UK in which all the heating appliances, boiler, oven, hob, living room fire, are fuelled entirely by hydrogen.
These are the first two homes in the UK in which all the heating appliances, boiler, oven, hob, living room fire, are fuelled entirely by hydrogen.
The government plans to ban gas boilers from being installed in new homes built from 2025 and potentially ban all sales of gas boilers as early as 2035.
Homes produce about a fifth of emissions and the government is preparing a heat and buildings strategy to address what could be the most challenging issue on the path to meeting the UK’s legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050.
No one lives in the homes, which have been built with government funding by @NGNgas in Low Thornley, Gateshead to showcase the appliances.
thetimes.co.uk/article/inside…
thetimes.co.uk/article/inside…
The Times tested all the appliances. They worked exactly like those running on natural gas, with no different procedures required.
Tim Harwood oversees hydrogen projects at the two homes.
“What we don’t want is to have hydrogen-ready appliances and network but no hydrogen,” he said.
“What we don’t want is to have hydrogen-ready appliances and network but no hydrogen,” he said.
Harwood is delighted when people visit the two homes expecting something dramatic but leave feeling underwhelmed .
“When people say, ‘What’s the big deal?’ that’s brilliant,” he said.
“When people say, ‘What’s the big deal?’ that’s brilliant,” he said.
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