In recent news, one of the energy companies has gone on to complete a project that looks forward to showing that the gas network of the UK can be repurposed so as to transport hydrogen.
It is well to be noted that SGN has announced the inferences of its live transmission system – LTS futures trial—that took place in Scotland over the summer.
Deemed pretty successful by the business, SGN went on to say that it proved that the same infrastructure that happens to deliver energy to millions of households as well as businesses in today’s times can play a massive role in terms of cutting carbon emissions in the times to come.
The project, which happens to be focused on the high-pressure LTS of the UK, happens to boast of a pipeline network of 11,600 km, or 7,207 miles, which brings gas from the national system to the homes, businesses, and industries within the local communities.
It looks forward to determining if the natural gas networks can get used on live hydrogen pipelines in the near future.
In what happened to be the UK’s first, one of the representative 30 km, or an 18.6-mile stretch of the LTS pipeline between Granton, nearby Edinburgh, and Grangemouth, went on to get safely repurposed so as to carry hydrogen. Apparently, the hydrogen got flared off at the end of the test.
Interestingly, the company happens to be now making a blueprint in order to repurpose the complete live transmission system to transport hydrogen.
The chief strategy and regulation officer for SGN, Tony Green, said this landmark project happens to be a major milestone as far as SGN and the wider energy sector are concerned and also shows that the gas infrastructure of the UK can very well get repurposed so as to avail a net zero future. He further added that it demonstrates infrastructure along with the workforce readiness in terms of hydrogen, with their skilled engineers going ahead and gaining major experience by way of the live trial.
The fact is that the collaboration has been pretty critical, and in addition to it, working closely with INEOS as well as certain other partners has, as a matter of fact, turned the intricate concept into a thumping success. According to Green, the gas network is indeed pivotal, meeting 40% of primary energy demand and simultaneously powering major industries. They happen to be already on the journey when it comes to decarbonizing gas through increasing the amount of green gas like biomethane within the network.
Expectedly, hydrogen goes on to present a further opportunity in order to deliver low-carbon energy solutions, and the point is that this project happens to be a very important step in terms of demonstrating live transmission system to transport hydrogen, thereby playing a very critical role in the future energy mix of the UK.
INEOS Grangemouth sustainability director Colin Pritchard said that this project happens to be an important step when it comes to reducing the carbon emissions from homes as well as industry, and they are of course pleased to be able to play a major part in making it successful.
Pritchard said that INEOS-sourced hydrogen from their present processing plant got delivered to SGN so as to help the project to take place. They do recognize that hydrogen happens to have the potential to go ahead and revolutionize the way one generates and uses this energy, like themselves, therefore underpinning the pivotal manufacturing sector as they march ahead towards a low-carbon future.
