'Time to accept it is game over': Government shelves plans for hydrogen town heating pilot

Cecilia Keating
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Government pauses another hydrogen pilot project, ahead of long awaited 2026 decision on the role of the gas in decarbonising heating

The government has today confirmed it has shelved plans to establish a hydrogen town pilot project, which would have tested the feasibility of heating homes at scale with the low-carbon fuel. The decision...

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