Millions of UK homes could be heated with hydrogen by 2030
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#5NDJ6)
Government sets out plan for low-carbon economy that could also create thousands of jobs
About 3 million households in the UK could begin using low-carbon hydrogen to heat their homes and cook rather than fossil fuel gas under government proposals to attract at least 4bn of investment to the hydrogen economy by 2030.
The government has published its long-awaited plans for a UK-wide hydrogen economy, which it says could be worth 900m and create more than 9,000 high-quality jobs by the end of the decade, rising to 13bn and 100,000 new jobs by 2050.
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