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A HYDROGEN CHAT WITH ANTONY GREEN OUTSIDE ONE OF THE DEMONSTRATION HOMES AT HYGROVE

IN THE GREEN ZONE WITH NATIONAL GRID HYDROGEN PROJECT DIRECTOR ANTONY GREEN OLLIE TAKES A TEST DRIVE IN RIVERSIMPLE'S HYDROGEN-POWERED RASA CAR

with all the appliance manufacturers to clusters to transport hydrogen. MILFORD HAVEN ENERGY KINGDOM AND SOUTH
see the equipment in action. It makes FutureGrid, the H21 future distribution WALES INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER (SWIC)
you realise just how normal a home system demonstrator and HyStreet are Milford Haven Energy Kingdom
looks when it uses hydrogen in place of all on the same site at DNV’s Spadeadam (MH:EK) is a two-year £4.5 million
natural gas. It was really helpful to be testing centre in Cumbria. project, completing in 2022, exploring
able to ask questions and understand This collection of projects is creating what a decarbonised smart local energy
the development process of the a realistic replica of the UK’s gas system system could look like for Milford
technologies and to mingle with a few to test whether the same pipelines that Haven, Pembroke and Pembroke Dock.
other visitors from councils, housing have carried gas from the North Sea into The project is being carried out by
associations, etc." homes since the 1970s can transport Pembrokeshire County Council, Wales &
low carbon hydrogen in the future. West Utilities, Riversimple, Offshore
FUTUREGRID The pipes at this site will range from Renewable Energy Catapult, Arup and
The importance of the national the highest pressure transmission Energy Systems Catapult with
transmission system (NTS) to the pipelines found at the coast and across collaboration and support from
UK’s current energy supply means we the country, to the smaller grid of Community Energy Pembrokeshire,
need to consider how to deliver low distribution pipes that crisscross local Western Power Distribution, RWE,
carbon energy, reliably and safely to all neighbourhoods, running for a total Simply Blue Energy and the Welsh
consumers. National Grid was awarded of about a kilometre before arriving at Government Energy Service.
funding through the Network Innovation a group of specially constructed test The project is exploring the potential
Competition for its FutureGrid project, to homes on HyStreet. of zero carbon hydrogen alongside
look at the possibility of converting the Ollie said: “We are grateful for DNV renewable electricity to meet all our
NTS to transport hydrogen. for hosting a visit to the Spadeadam future energy needs. Central to the
National Grid is also looking to site to be able to see the demonstrator project, and to achieving net zero
develop a hydrogen backbone for the end-to-end hydrogen system. This carbon emissions, is a commitment
UK as part of Project Union, which whole connected system is testing to engage with the community and
would be similar to the European the use of hydrogen through new and local industry, providing insight and
Hydrogen Backbone project. Project existing assets to show in a compact opportunities for economic growth.
Union would repurpose existing gas arrangement what the repurposing of The project is multi-faceted, with
assets to link up all the industrial the GB gas system would look like.” the team investigating local renewable

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