THE SCOTTISH Government’s clean energy strategy has been dealt a blow after research found that hydrogen will not have a major role in the future of heating homes across the UK.
The peer-reviewed report found that not one of the independent research pieces it identified thought there would be widespread use of the fuel in central heating systems.
Under the Scottish Government’s current strategy, ministers hope to generate 5GW of power by 2030 and 45GW by 2045, when Scotland will become net zero.
Critics have warned over the costs of green hydrogen, which uses renewable energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, while blue and grey hydrogen still requires fossil fuel gas as fuel.
The stark report said that using hydrogen in domestic heating is less economic, less efficient, more resource intensive and has a bigger environmental impact than many…