UK cancels controversial hydrogen heating trial in Redcar due to ‘lack of H2 supply’15 Dec 2023 14:48
But officials refuse to rule out H2 in domestic heat entirely, saying they will gather evidence from Scotland and EU.
So we're going to see how it works elsewhere and then try to catch up.
I probably did read somewhere what, if any, incentives were offered to residents of Redcar but can't remember. Maybe if they'd offered "free" hydrogen for length of trial they would have suddenly found all the locals were in favour.
Maybe ITM should be answering the "lack of H2 supply" comment. I'm sure they would have been delighted to supply as many electrolysers as needed. But maybe they don't want to rock the boat too much.
Or maybe it's the case that National Grid can't supply sufficient electricity locally to power that many electrolysers?