Trial to phase in hydrogen as fuel to begin in north-west

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Carbon-free gas to be distributed to industrial users in Liverpool and Manchester, with plans to dilute methane for domestic use

Liverpool and Manchester are to be the testbed for an ambitious £600m project aiming to solve the thorny problem of how the government cuts the carbon footprint of the gas that heats most of Britain's...

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