National Gas tests new hydrogen blends in network trial

Stuart Stone
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Section of pipeline recreated at Cumbrian air force base used to test gas network hydrogen blending in £12m 'world first' project

National Gas has tested the blending of hydrogen into a replica of a section of its 7,500 kilometre national transmission network at a Cumbrian air force base, as part of its £12m FutureGrid scheme to...

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