Net Zero minister Grant Shapps has suggested that hydrogen will not be used for domestic heating networks, likely signalling a push for heat pumps instead.
Speaking at a press gallery lunch in Parliament on Thursday, Energy Security and Net Zero Grant Shapps said it was “unlikely” such a hydrogen energy system, which was being considered as an alternative to natural gas, would be used in all homes.
Downing Street said “final conclusions” have not been drawn but that it was right for the government to consider “all the options” for people to heat their homes.
“So I’m not sure that home heating will be all through hydrogen, it will have a role to play,” he said….