Heat pump campaigners fear hydrogen distraction 12 February 2021
Prohibitively high costs and complex logistics are among the many factors obstructing the advent of a UK hydrogen economy.
Members of Pump it Up, an advocacy campaign for the deployment of large-scale heat pumps, are concerned that, while hydrogen adoption is one of the hottest topics in Westminster, it is distracting ministers from shaping policy to support other heat decarbonisation technologies which are ready to use now.
Taking pride of place in the prime minister’s
Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, hydrogen has the future potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across the three key areas of power, transport and heat. With 780 mentions in Parliament in the 10 years since 2011, hydrogen has become the third most discussed breakthrough energy solution of the last decade.
Hydrogen for heat? The government must look past the hot air
Kevin Stickney, Erda Energy
Thee government should aim to unleash commercial-scale heat pump projects instead of hydrogen for heating, argues Kevin Stickney, managing director of Erda Energy and part of the Pump It Up campaign
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An open letter from a range of utilities and insulation specialists has argued that European decarbonisation plans should greatly favour use of heat pump technologies already on the market
Heat, insulation and utilities specialists have backed calls for the European Commission to prioritise presently available electric heating solutions over long-term hydrogen development in its decarbonisaton plans.
An open letter sent to commission officials, including vice president Frans Timmermans, has urged the body to support widescale electrification and “not overestimate” the potential of zero-emissions gas within the European Green Deal.
This green deal is the overarching strategy that will set out the EU’s planned net zero transformation over the next three decades. It is being undertaken at the same time that the UK is also legally committed to fully eliminate or offset carbon emissions by 2050.