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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Hydrogen is unsuitable for home heating, review concludes

house heating boiler
Heating with hydrogen is less efficient and more expensive than alternatives such as heat pumps and solar thermal, the study suggests. Photograph: ronstik/Alamy

Hydrogen is unsuitable for use in home heating, and likely to remain so, despite the hopes of the UK government and plumbing industry, a comprehensive review of scientific papers has concluded.

Hydrogen lobbyists are out in force at the Labour party conference this week, sponsoring several events in Liverpool, and will be plentiful at the Conservative party conference that begins this weekend.

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