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Current brand such as Ideal , Worcester and Baxi are ready to run on a 20% hydrogen blend with no technical adjustments, look out for the ‘Ready for 20% Hydrogen’ icon.
What do we mean by a 20% Hydrogen blend?
Hydrogen is a “clean” gas that, when burned, doesn’t release carbon dioxide. It has the potential to provide energy for home heating and hot water with minimal disruption to the householder, who can still have a familiar gas boiler in their home.
A blend of hydrogen of up to 20% mixed with natural gas provides a steppingstone on the way to a full 100% hydrogen conversion of the gas grid which is a longer term ambition and likely to occur from the mid 2030s onwards.
Blending up to 20% hydrogen into the gas grid with existing natural gas could save up to 6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
A 20% hydrogen blend means that people can continue to use the gas supply as normal, without any changes being needed to gas appliances or pipework, while still reducing carbon emissions.
What research is there on using hydrogen?
Ideal Heating have been involved in HyDeploy, a ground-breaking green energy trial at Keele University that could help Britain cut its carbon emissions, working towards the Government’s Net Zero target.
HyDeploy aims to prove that blending up to 20% volume of hydrogen with natural gas is a safe and greener alternative to the gas we use now.
Our Ideal Logic boilers have been running on the 20% hydrogen blend at Keele University, with no performance or safety concerns.
HyDeploy Phase 2 will begin on a public gas network later this spring at Winlaton, Gateshead with plenty of Ideal boilers of all ages installed in the trial properties.
Until the gas network and domestic boilers are ready to be converted to 100% hydrogen, a blend of 20% hydrogen into the natural gas mix we use today provides a pathway towards low carbon gas fired central heating.
