Hydrogen homes: The village of 'guinea pigs'

Hydrogen homes: The village of 'guinea pigs'

By Sky News

In a corner of Ellesmere Port, Chester, 2,000 residents received flyers through their door informing them they will be cut off from conventional natural gas and plumbed into hydrogen - in the world’s first trial of its kind.

It's part of the UK's efforts to decarbonise the power system by 2035 - but some of the residents aren't happy.

On this week's episode of Sky News ClimateCast, Tom Heap visits the 'Hydrogen Village' to get a sense of how locals feel about the trial. He's also joined by experts on both sides of the debate to ask whether hydrogen has a place in the home. Plus David Joffe, Head of Net Zero at the Climate Change Committee, joins Tom to talk about plans to decarbonise by 2035 and how far we have to go.

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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