I’m be heavily tempted to have a heat pump installed instead of the hydrogen, even without subsidising the costs for the next two years. That’s the likely bet for the main source of heating after the ban comes in and there’s already a fair number of engineers trained up on them across the country.
That way you’re not taking the risk that going hydrogen represents but you’re getting the installation for free, which is the major block for most people.
EDIT: Misread the article, there isn’t a subsidy for heat pump installations on this scheme.
So basically, long story short, they’ve cut off the gas supply to an entire village.
Honestly, for purposes like this I don’t see the benefit of Hydrogen boilers vs Heat pumps. Hydrogen, you’re using electricity to create a fairly volatile liquid that you then have to pipe across distances and into homes to be burned as a means of transferring energy. With a heat pump, you just use the electricity to directly generate heat. I’ve got no doubt that there are use cases where Hydrogen is a better option (vehicles maybe? Faster refuelling than any charger) but for domestic heating, heat pumps seem like a much simpler solution.
I’m quite interested to know what/ if any disruption would occur on the switch to 100% hydrogen for domestic users. I’m not keen on switching to a heat pump and it’s associated costs when we have a good set up for a combi boiler.
Hang on, I thought The Guardian was pro net zero?
Or have they suddenly turned conservative, pandering to the gas industry and the nimbys?
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How are they economically producing hydrogen without using gas?
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I’m be heavily tempted to have a heat pump installed instead of the hydrogen, even without subsidising the costs for the next two years. That’s the likely bet for the main source of heating after the ban comes in and there’s already a fair number of engineers trained up on them across the country.
That way you’re not taking the risk that going hydrogen represents but you’re getting the installation for free, which is the major block for most people.
EDIT: Misread the article, there isn’t a subsidy for heat pump installations on this scheme.
So basically, long story short, they’ve cut off the gas supply to an entire village.
Honestly, for purposes like this I don’t see the benefit of Hydrogen boilers vs Heat pumps. Hydrogen, you’re using electricity to create a fairly volatile liquid that you then have to pipe across distances and into homes to be burned as a means of transferring energy. With a heat pump, you just use the electricity to directly generate heat. I’ve got no doubt that there are use cases where Hydrogen is a better option (vehicles maybe? Faster refuelling than any charger) but for domestic heating, heat pumps seem like a much simpler solution.
I’m quite interested to know what/ if any disruption would occur on the switch to 100% hydrogen for domestic users. I’m not keen on switching to a heat pump and it’s associated costs when we have a good set up for a combi boiler.
Hang on, I thought The Guardian was pro net zero?
Or have they suddenly turned conservative, pandering to the gas industry and the nimbys?
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How are they economically producing hydrogen without using gas?