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WALES HOSTS ‘WORLD FIRST’ fabric, and then fall back on hydrogen as
an alternative fuel during more expensive
HYDROGEN HYBRID HEAT TRIAL periods of peak demand for electricity.
“Responding to renewable generation
and network requirements in real
time enables demand to become more
A HYBRID HEATING system that Smart control technology developed agile as opposed to static, creating
combines hydrogen boiler and heat by Passiv UK is also included in the carbon savings, customer savings and
pump technologies is being trialled in system to automatically switch between commercial opportunities for a smarter,
Wales in what the project’s developers using the heat pump or hydrogen boiler decentralised grid that is powered
claim is a ‘world first’. depending on a range of energy supply fully by renewable energy. The Milford
A major focus of the trial, conducted factors linked to cost and availability. Haven: Energy Kingdom Project is a
as part of the Milford Haven: Energy The project developers stated that great example of this.”
Kingdom project in Pembrokeshire, the system can assess the availability of Dr Stephen Wyatt, Research and
is to create a system that uses an renewable electricity in the grid every Innovation Director with the Offshore
air-source heat pump system, smart two minutes to determine how best to Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, said
controls and a hydrogen-fuelled boiler effectively meet heating needs in the test the project was a world first attempt to
to support wider UK ambitions for the building. Bottled hydrogen used for the show how readily available technologies
decarbonisation of its buildings. trials is currently supplied by Kiwa UK. can be used to incorporate renewable
The project is funded via the UK Tom Veli, Project Director for Passiv energy in the existing building stock.
Research and Innovation agency and UK, said the hybrid system was being Dr Wyatt said, “ORE Catapult is
has seen a range of organisations tested to show the potential for more particularly excited about the potential
including Pembrokeshire County flexible heating approaches when trying for breakthrough hydrogen technologies
Council and the Offshore Renewable to lower carbon emissions in buildings. He to provide increased flexibility to
Energy Catapult working with said, “Passiv UK smart hydrogen hybrid the way we consume electricity, as
manufacturer Worcester Bosch to pool heating control offers the ability to make we deliver greater amounts of green,
their expertise, reports H&V News. use of renewable electricity when cheap affordable offshore wind off the coast of
The hybrid system has been installed and plentiful, to warm up the building Wales and beyond”.
in a commercial building based in the
port of Milford Haven to consider the
effectiveness of combining electrical
heat with hydrogen gas and more
automated controls.
Worcester Bosch has provided its
hydrogen boiler technology to support the
system based on ongoing government-
backed research looking at the potential
for hydrogen to replace natural gas
for domestic and other heating needs.
The hydrogen boiler is intended to be
used when renewable electricity is not
available to power the heat pump or a
boost in system temperature is required the HYDROGEN hybrid system is being
in certain circumstances. trialled in wales

more than one in five cyberattacks top infection method used against UK expand the cybersecurity workforce
worldwide, and 15 per cent of business in 2021, leading to 63 per is “imperative”, with the research
cyberattacks in the UK, with the REvil cent of incidents. highlighting “the constantly evolving
ransomware group responsible for Other notable cyberattacks in nature of the global cyber threat”.
37 per cent of all ransomware attacks the energy industry in recent years The UK has been stepping up efforts
X-Force observed in 2021. include European energy giant to meet the security challenge, with the
The REvil group was also Energias de Portugal (EDP) being hit government publishing the National
responsible for a ransomware attack by a ransomware attack in April 2020, Cyber Strategy and Government Cyber
on Elexon in 2020, with attackers energy supplier People’s Energy – Security Strategy 2022-2030. It has also
managing to access the company’s which recently shuttered - being the proposed amendments to the Network
internal IT systems on 14 May. target of a cyberattack in December and Information Regulations to improve
Documents obtained during this 2020 and energy supplier npower’s the cyber resilience of UK businesses.
attack were then reportedly posted app being hacked in February 2021. Additionally, the government’s
online a month later. In response to the report’s findings, latest Annual Cyber Sector Report
The report found that data theft was Simon Hepburn, CEO of the UK Cyber underscored the level of investment in
the most common attack type in the Security Council said that investment the cybersecurity sector last year, with
UK in 2021, making up 31 per cent of in training and professional the industry reporting revenues of over
all incidents, while phishing was the development opportunities to £10 billion.

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