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How can we reduce the technical risks in converting the gas grid to hydrogen addressing unknowns identified in Hy4Heat programme and BEIS Transforming Heating – Overview of Evidence Report?

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Beis areas research interest interim update 2020

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  • CLEANER - Clean Heat and Power from Hydrogen

    Achieving the European Green Deal target of becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 will require deep cuts to emissions across all aspects of the economy, including the power generation and heating s...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on clean energy production using hydrogen, which aligns with the goal of reducing technical risks in converting the gas grid to hydrogen.

  • Hydrogen Decentralised Energy Utilisation and Storage (HYDERUS )

    The Hydrogen Decentralised Energy Utilisation and Storage (HYDERUS) project will develop and demonstrate a zero-carbon combined heat and power (CHP) system, integrating renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production, deliv...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: COSTAIN LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The HYDERUS project specifically addresses the conversion of the gas grid to hydrogen, focusing on decentralised energy utilisation and storage, which aligns with the question's goal of reducing technical risks in this conversion process.

  • Hydrogen gas inject

    ITM is embarking on a project, assisted by the Technology Strategy Board and other funding collaborators, which will result in a technical specification and model for a hydrogen gas storage and injection scheme, based on...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ITM POWER PLC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by providing technical specifications on hydrogen storage and injection into the UK gas network, reducing uncertainty in future hydrogen economy projections.

  • High-Performance Heat-Powered Heat-Pumps (HP3)

    The UK has made considerable progress decarbonising its power sector. However, decarbonising space-heating has been much more challenging. Currently, space-heating accounts for ~1/3 of the country's CO2 emissions. This m...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project fully answers the question by addressing the challenges of converting the gas grid to hydrogen and providing a solution through the development of High-Performance Heat-Powered Heat-Pumps (HP3) systems.

  • Project Centurion Feasibility Study

    "This project is a feasibility study into a large-scale power-to-gas (P2G) demonstration project. P2G technology aims to solve the challenge of accommodating intermittent renewable electricity generation on the grid...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ITM POWER (TRADING) LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question by exploring the feasibility of a large-scale power-to-gas (P2G) system, which could potentially decarbonize the gas network and address the challenges of converting the gas grid to hydrogen.

  • United Kingdom Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC) CORE PROGRAMME

    The United Kingdom Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC), established in 2003 as part of the EPSRC SUPERGEN initiative, is a multi-partner, interdisciplinary, collaborative activity funded that aims, via funda...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bath

  • UK-HyRES: Hub for Research Challenges in Hydrogen and Alternative Liquid Fuels

    A thriving, low carbon hydrogen sector is essential for the UK's plans to build back better with a cleaner, greener energy system. Hydrogen has the potential to reduce emissions in some of the highest-emitting and most d...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bath

  • Domestic Catalytic boiler module bridging the gap to a hydrogen network

    Domestic heating accounts for approximately 14% of the UK's CO2 emissions, with about 85% of homes using gas-fired boilers to provide heating. There is a real need to reduce household CO2 emissions to meet the Government...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ZEBCO HEATING LTD

  • Hydrogen Infrastructure Uncertainty Management for Heat Decarbonisation

    The goal of the HUMAN project is to provide the first systematic analysis on the cost of uncertainties related to the hydrogen-led decarbonisation of heat. Sustainable decarbonisation pathways require uncertainty-resilie...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • HH-Gen: High performance green hydrogen generation from solar energy

    In 2018, the IPCC concluded that limiting global warming to 2ºC requires a reduction in CO2 emissions of 25% by 2030 compared with 2010 levels, and to reach net zero by 2070\. Hydrogen is a clean-energy solution rep...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: FOCALSUN LTD

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