Swap gas boilers for hydrogen or miss emission targets, UK told

Households need electric and hydrogen hybrid boilers sooner rather than later, climate advisers warn

Millions of gas boilers will need to be replaced with hydrogen alternatives and coupled with electric heating devices if Britain is to hit its carbon targets at the lowest cost, according to the government's climate advisers.

In a report on the role hydrogen could play in the energy system, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) spelt out the huge but necessary cost the country faces to switch to green heating.