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Re:UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions st... by fulafel on Sunday October 17, 2021 @08:39AM (#28896032)
For a poorly insulated house, it's better to fix the insulation than to do lossy and expensive conversion to/from hydrogen, not to mention investment in storage or transport, when at the end of the day the expensive hydrogen will be mostly wasted due to lack of insulation (costing yet more of the expensive hydrogen).
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Re:UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions st... by heurisko on Sunday October 17, 2021 @02:17PM (#28898479)
Conversion to hydrogen need not be expensive. In the UK sometimes electricity prices turn negative on very windy days, and hydrogen can be stored.

Pilot schemes are already using hydrogen blend with gas using existing infrastructure. [1]

I've nothing against more insulation, but the UK has a lot of old housing, which isn't always easy to insulate to heat pump standards. In particular areas where the weather is often driving rain, cavity wall insulation can destroy the house. [2]

[1] https://www.energynetworks.org/newsroom/hydrogen-blending-wh... [2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42165358

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