By Jaime Llinares Taboada

 

National Grid PLC said Wednesday that it is partnering with Northern Gas Networks and Fluxys Belgium S.A. to build a hydrogen test facility in the U.K.

The FTSE 100 energy company said the 10-million-pound ($13.1 million) project will be built from a range of decommissioned assets at DNV GL's facility in Cumbria, northwest England. The goal is to create a representative offline network and see how hydrogen gas can be used to heat homes and deliver green energy to the industry.

"If we truly want to reach a net zero decarbonized future, we need to replace methane with green alternatives like hydrogen. Sectors such as heat are difficult to decarbonize, and the importance of the gas networks to the U.K.'s current energy supply means trial projects like this are crucial if we are to deliver low carbon energy, reliably and safely to all consumers," said Antony Green, hydrogen project director at National Grid.

Construction will begin in 2021 and tests are expected to start in 2022.

 

Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at jaime.llinares@wsj.com; @JaimeLlinaresT

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 05, 2020 05:52 ET (09:52 GMT)

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