{"id":2038,"date":"2018-11-27T21:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T21:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2018-11-27T21:31:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T21:31:52","slug":"u-k-looks-to-hydrogen-as-a-source-of-green-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Looks to Hydrogen as a Source of Green Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An influential panel of lawmakers in Parliament is encouraging the government to develop hydrogen as a way to provide a green form of heat for industry and homes.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee on Climate Change, which advises the government on energy and environmental policies, said ministers should write a strategy for removing carbon emissions from heat in the next three years, starting with a roll out of hybrid heat pumps.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline-newsletter\" data-state=\"ready\"><\/aside>\n<p>Heat is seen as one of the most difficult and expensive elements of the energy mix to wean off fossil fuels. It accounts for almost half of the U.K.\u2019s energy use and a third of its carbon emissions, according to a\u00a0government\u00a0estimate. While renewables such as wind and solar are spreading rapidly to generate electricity, those energy sources are less adept than oil, natural gas and coal in providing heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHydrogen has the potential to contribute to near-zero carbon energy emissions if used strategically,\u201d said John Gummer, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change. \u201cThe government must now decide whether it wishes to develop a U.K. hydrogen option, taking decisions now that will see the first deployment in the 2020s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heat pumps combine an electric pump with a natural gas boiler. They can reduce a building\u2019s gas use by 80 percent, the committee said in a report published on Thursday. Eventually the gas boiler could burn hydrogen instead, achieving zero carbon heat. So long as the hydrogen is made without emissions, it can be counted as clean energy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure-expandable\" data-type=\"image\" data-id=\"317133537\" data-image-type=\"chart\" data-image-size=\"full\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div id=\"lazy-img-317133537\" class=\"lazy-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2053\" src=\"http:\/\/emimer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/620x-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emimer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/620x-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/emimer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/620x-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hydrogen is emerging as a solution to difficult questions in the energy transition, such as how to plug the gaps between wind and solar generation without fossil fuels. Burning the lightest element doesn\u2019t produce any carbon emissions, so it could potentially displace gas and other fossil fuels both in power generation and transport.<\/p>\n<div id=\"desktop-in-article-1-PIJN6P6KLVR801\" class=\"page-ad\" data-position=\"desktop-in-article\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.K.\u2019s Committee on Climate Change expects that by 2050, hydrogen could provide 25 percent of heat for buildings with the remainder covered by electric pumps.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. is aiming to meet 15 percent of its overall energy needs with renewables by 2020 with 30 percent of electricity, 12 percent of heating and 10 percent of transport powered by clean energy. The country is on track to meet its electricity target, but unlikely to succeed on heat and transport unless major changes are enacted, a Parliament committee said\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is also recommending that hydrogen be used in trucks and heavy industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s particularly useful for sectors of economy that\u2019s not possible to electrify or emissions are difficult to reduce,\u201d said Chris Stark, CEO of the committee, by phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An influential panel of lawmakers in Parliament is encouraging the government to develop hydrogen as a way to provide a green form of heat for industry and homes. 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