This event is hosted and arranged by William Vine, the Group Organiser for Winchester Cafe Scientifique.

Basingstoke IVC science enthusiasts invite you to this talk on a very interesting subject. The subject of this evenings talk is “Blended hydrogen: decarbonizing Heating”.

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SUMMARY

Reaching ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions requires a fundamental shift in our energy systems.  The Committee on Climate Change and Government clearly see a role for hydrogen in our transition to a low carbon economy. With ~85% of homes in the UK on the gas grid, rapid decarbonization of heating is one of our biggest challenge.

One stepping stone is to blend hydrogen into our existing gas grid, allowing us to continue to use existing infrastructure and appliances, creating immediate decarbonization benefits, while also making important steps to further drive a hydrogen economy. 

This talk will explore the role of blended hydrogen and the consumer response to this, in our pathway to net zero, drawing on the work of the HyDeploy project, a national project led by Cadent, funded by Ofgem, and which saw the first blending of hydrogen (since the end of Town Gas in 1976) on a live gas grid at Keele University in October 2019, and continues today on a public site in the north east of England.   

SPEAKER
Prof. Zoe Robinson is Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education and Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at Keele University. Zoe is a Sustainability Scientist with 15 years of experience around sustainability transformations, working across the natural and social sciences boundaries.

Zoe’s current research includes ‘user-centric design’ of a smart local energy system, and consumer perceptions of energy transitions including smart energy and hydrogen, through involvement in the national HyDeploy project, and Keele University’s Smart Energy Network Demonstrator.

Zoe also has a background of working in sustainability education and community engagement funded through Defra’s Climate Challenge Fund, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Research Councils UK, Institute of Physics amongst others, and working in partnership with a wide range of community organisations, networks, and councils.

We will open the meeting from 7pm so people can settle in, chat etc. There will be a break between talk and Q&A when people can chat etc. It's not the same as live but closer than I thought

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