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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

Brigg power station
The blend of green hydrogen and traditional gas to fuel Brigg power station (pictured) generated electricity for the power system. Photograph: Bax Walker/Alamy

Energy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark development for the UK’s climate ambitions.

For the first time in the UK, a 2% blend of green hydrogen was injected into the gas grid and blended with traditional gas to fuel the Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire which generated electricity for the power system.

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