UK poised to drop plans to replace home gas boilers with hydrogen alternatives

Energy secretary indicates cooling of government aspirations as concerns grow over costs, safety and efficiencyControversial UK government aspirations to replace gas boilers in some homes with a hydrogen-based alternative are likely to be scrapped, Grant Shapps, the energy minister, has indicated.Shapps said he believed hydrogen would form part of Britain's overall energy mix but predicted it was "less likely" that the gas would be routinely piped into people's homes, amid growing concerns about cost, safety and perpetuating a reliance on fossil fuels. Continue reading...