Boiler manufacturers pledge to hydrogen future, says HHIC

The HHIC has reached agreement in principle with boiler manufacturers that they will support future government legislation that mandates all new models of domestic boilers to be ‘hydrogen-ready’ from 2025.

Director Stewart Clements says: “UK boiler manufacturers are clearly leading the way to achieving net zero, setting the pace for the rest of Europe to follow. This pledge, from across our membership, will allow the government to introduce the regulation mandating hydrogen-ready boilers for UK use, safe in the knowledge that UK manufacturers will deliver those appliances into homes.

“HHIC has already developed a specification with industry detailing what a hydrogen-ready boiler is. In short, it means boilers already in homes will need under an hour of adjustment to allow a future switch from natural gas to hydrogen.

“The government can then confirm, in the upcoming heat decarbonisation plan and hydrogen strategy, that it has the long-term plan to repurpose current gas networks for hydrogen as a key tool to achieving zero-carbon heating for more than four in five UK homes that currently use natural gas.

“Hydrogen-ready boilers are the least disruptive means of decarbonising homes as they offer the opportunity for people to continue to heat, cook and use hot water in the same way they do today, without ripping out pipes, boilers and in some cases floors. Using the existing world-class gas network infrastructure will also be the most cost-effective solution to decarbonisation.”