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HyDeploy in Full Operation
HyDeploy in Full Operation.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5678Y ITM Power PLC 02 January 2020 \n\n2 January 2020\n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or \"the Company\")\n \nHyDeploy: UK Gas Grid Injection of Hydrogen in Full Operation\n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to note the announcement by HyDeploy that the UK's first pilot project to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and businesses is now fully operational. The full text of HyDeploy's announcement is set out below.\n \nDr Graham Cooley, CEO, ITM Power said: \"I am delighted that this important pilot project is now operational. The increased use of hydrogen to decarbonise heat via the gas grid will perform a critical role in helping the UK to fulfil its ambitious climate change obligations. Indeed, the Committee for Climate Change has indicated that the UK will need between 6GW and 17GW of electrolysis in the next 30 years to store renewable power and provide renewable heat. Today's announcement is a very significant step.\"\n \nUK's first grid-injected hydrogen pilot gets underway\n \n· Ground-breaking UK hydrogen trial underway at Keele University\n· First time zero carbon hydrogen has been injected in the UK's modern gas grid\n· 20% hydrogen/natural gas blend can cut CO2 emissions without the need to change gas appliances\n \nThe UK's first live pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and businesses is now fully operational.\n \nHyDeploy is a ground-breaking green energy trial at Keele University, Staffordshire, that could help Britain cut its carbon emissions and open the door to a low-carbon hydrogen economy. \n \nThe HyDeploy demonstration is injecting up to 20% (by volume) of hydrogen into Keele University's existing natural gas network, feeding 100 homes and 30 faculty buildings. The 20% hydrogen blend is the highest in Europe, together with a similar project being run by Engie in Northern France.\n \nBacked by Ofgem's Network Innovation Competition, the £7 million project is led by Cadent in partnership with Northern Gas Networks, Keele University, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Science Division, integrated hydrogen energy systems manufacturer ITM-Power, and independent clean energy compan...