The Neighbourhood Leading A Green Energy Revolution
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.
These are the first two paragraphs.
An ambitious target of using hydrogen to partly power homes in the UK within three years has been set by the National Grid, the BBC has learned. On the east coast of Scotland, a small neighbourhood is playing a key role in this energy revolution.
From next year, about 300 homes in Buckhaven, and Methil, in the area of Levenmouth, will be powered by green hydrogen gas in a project called H100. Customers will be offered free hydrogen-ready boilers and cookers in the scheme, which will initially last five and a half years.
I described the H100 Project in ‘World First’: SGN Launches Bid For 300 Green Hydrogen Homes Project In Fife.
This is the home page of the H100 Fife project web site.
This Google Map shows part of Buckhaven.
Note the wind turbine, that will produce the hydrogen is in the South-East corner of the map.
‘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.
This is the home page of the H100 Fife project web site.
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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