The Anonymous Widower

‘World First’: SGN Launches Bid For 300 Green Hydrogen Homes Project In Fife

This title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Business Green.

This is the introductory paragraph.

Around 300 homes in Scotland could soon have their heating and cooking powered by green hydrogen produced from renewable electricity under proposals for “the world’s first green hydrogen-to-homes network” unveiled today by SGN.

A few points from the article.

• Construction could start in the winter of 2020/21.
• The project will take two or three years.
• The modified houses appear to be in Levenmouth.
• The project has been dubbed H100 Fife.
• The hydrogen will be produced by electrolysis using electricity generated by offshore wind.

The article also gives a round-up of the state of hydrogen in the UK.

Could This Have Other Implications For Levenmouth?

In Scottish Government Approve £75m Levenmouth Rail Link, I discussed the rebuilding of the Levenmouth Rail Link.

I suggested that the route could be run by Hitachi Class 385 trains with batteries, which Hitachi have stated are being developed. I covered the trains in more detail in Hitachi Plans To Run ScotRail Class 385 EMUs Beyond The Wires.

If there were to be a source of hydrogen at Levenmouth, could hydrogen-powered trains be used on the route?

• The simplest rail service could be a hydrogen-powered shuttle train between Levenmouth and Glenrothes with Thornton stations.
• I estimate that the five-mile route could support two trains per hour, using a single train.
• Trains could be an Alstom Breeze, a Class 799 train or a hydrogen-powered Class 230 train.

The Levenmouth Rail link could be a prototype for other short rail links in Scotland.

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May 21, 2020 - Posted by AnonW | Transport, World | Class 230 Train, Class 321 Hydrogen/Alstom Breeze, Class 799 Train, Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Houses, Hydrogen-Powered Trains, Levenmouth, Levenmouth Rail Link, Wind Power