Fife hydrogen network is complete and will start in 2025

SGN has completed construction of the world’s first domestic hydrogen gas network, in Levenmouth, Fife.

The H100 Fife project will see hydrogen gas created using renewable electricity from a local 7MW offshore wind turbine flow through the new 8.4km network when it goes live in 2025. Residents will then have the option of joining Scotland’s first green hydrogen community by signing up to SGN’s H100 Fife trial.

Participants in H100 Fife will still have boilers and radiators and be able to keep their homes at a comfortable temperature the same way that they do now. The key difference is that hydrogen doesn’t produce any carbon when it burns.

H100 Fife Distribution Manager Max Biret said: “Having this new network in place means we can start converting customers to green hydrogen once our production and storage site is ready next year. We’re still welcoming more customers to join.”

SGN is upskilling gas engineers to enable them to connect the homes taking part in the trial to the new hydrogen gas mains. The company is also partnering with Fife College to open the UK’s first hydrogen training facility later early next year. Existing Gas Safe engineers will be trained at the facility on how to fit new hydrogen appliances.

The project is providing critical evidence to inform future low-carbon policy decisions for Scotland and the UK, expected in 2026.

Photo shows H100 Fife Distribution manager Max Biret with a hydrogen pipe. The pipe has a blue line to differentiate it from natural gas