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UK hydrogen heating trial ditched over residents’ concerns (archive.is)
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UK ministers have scrapped plans to use Whitby near Liverpool as a testing ground for hydrogen in domestic heating following objections from residents, in a sign of the difficulties involved in decarbonising homes.

Its suitability is fiercely contested, however, with critics saying that hydrogen is an expensive distraction whose use should be limited to industrial applications.

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