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SGN SECURES £29.9M FUNDING TO TEST HIGH-PRESSURE

PIPELINES FOR HYDROGEN TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE

UK. So, repurposing it for hydrogen
could support a hydrogen system
transformation that is least cost and
least disruptive to customers.
“The LTS provides an essential
storage buffer that ensures variations in
demand across all sectors, throughout
the day and throughout the year, can be
supplied resiliently.”
A decommissioned pipeline in
Grangemouth has been selected to test
and evidence whether it can adapt to
carry pure hydrogen. Grangemouth
is one of Britain’s largest industrial
clusters and could be a key location
for hydrogen production. The pipeline
is statistically representative of the
GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY SGN gas from the national transmission GB LTS, so will provide the blueprint
has secured funding of £29.9m to test system at a reduced pressure so that it for repurposing all the high-pressure
the use of high-pressure pipelines for can be transported directly to industry. pipelines in Great Britain’s network.
hydrogen transmission and storage as It also feeds into gas distribution SGN’s project team will research,
an option for net zero heating. networks, after further reductions in develop, test and evidence the
The funding from the energy pressure, to be used in homes and by compatibility with hydrogen of the
regulator Ofgem and gas distribution businesses. An important function of Grangemouth pipeline in preparation for
companies will help determine whether the LTS is to store gas when demand a first of its kind repurposing trial and
Great Britain’s transmission networks is low, so we have a resilient supply of demonstration in 2024. Its partner INEOS
can be repurposed for hydrogen gas covering peak times in the day and will supply the hydrogen for the live trial.
gas. The project will be based in periods of cold weather. Gus added: “This project will provide
Grangemouth, Scotland, and delivered Part of the National Hydrogen key evidence to help inform future heat
in partnership with global chemical Programme is to “define the role of policy decisions and an understanding
company INEOS, which has extensive the LTS in system transformation and of the role of the extensive LTS in
manufacturing and infrastructure facilitating industrial clusters”. With achieving net zero for Scotland and the
facilities in the region. Scotland and the UK targeting net zero UK. It’s part of a national co-ordinated
The local transmission system (LTS) by 2045 and 2050 respectively, SGN is series of hydrogen industry projects
is the critical infrastructure connecting preparing the gas network for greener and demonstrations underway right
towns and cities to the national alternatives like hydrogen. now, including our world-first hydrogen
transmission system. Gas distribution SGN Director of Energy Futures Gus for home heating H100 Fife project,
networks manage around 11,000km of Mcintosh said: “Our local transmission which will provide policymakers with
these high-pressure pipelines, which system is part of the national critical the evidence they need to determine
were originally designed to transport infrastructure that reaches millions whether to accelerate and roll out
and store natural gas. The LTS takes of homes and businesses across the hydrogen in the next decade.”

“Throughout this target setting
process, our team of experts will be
working with all M Group Services
operating businesses to assess how
the carbon output of all our operations
can be minimised. We are also teaming
up with EcoAct, an Atos company, an
international climate consultancy and
project developer whose expertise will
support the formulation of our targets.
This collaboration with our colleagues
across the group and our partners
such as EcoAct will be invaluable as
we identify areas in which our carbon
emissions can be cut down.”

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