Hydrogen: Heating

(asked on 11th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of (a) the compensation owed to (i) Cadent and (ii) Cheshire West and Chester Council and (b) other financial consequences following the decision to cancel the hydrogen heating village trial.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 18th July 2023

The Government is continuing to develop the proposal for a hydrogen village trial in Redcar, Teesside with Northern Gas Networks (NGN). We are no longer considering Cadent’s proposal for a trial in Whitby, Ellesmere Port.

The costs incurred by the Gas Distribution Networks during the early planning and detailed design work for the hydrogen heating village trial were funded by Ofgem, with a contribution from the networks.

A decision on whether to proceed with the village trial in Redcar will be made by the Government later this year.

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