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3. Equilibrion to lead UK study on nuclear-enabled hydrogen

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/equilibrion-to-lead-uk-study-on-nuclear-enabled-hydrogen

Equilibrion to lead UK study on nuclear-enabled hydrogen
Friday, 31 January 2025

Technical and strategic nuclear consultancy Equilibrion announced it is to lead a study to explore how deployment of nuclear-enabled hydrogen production could support the repurposing of the UK's existing extensive gas network for low-carbon hydrogen.

The company has been appointed by Northern Gas Networks (NGN) - the gas distributor for the north of England - and Wales & West Utilities (WWU) - a supplier of gas emergency and pipeline services across the south west of England and Wales - to lead the SHyNE study, which is supported by the Energy Innovation Centre.

Nuclear-enabled hydrogen is recognised by the UK's Low-Carbon Hydrogen Standard and uses the heat and electricity from nuclear reactors to generate hydrogen. Previous studies show that nuclear-enabled hydrogen can reduce costs for consumers, as well as providing resilience in production.

The SHyNE project will develop a deployment roadmap for capacity introduction to meet user demand, looking at estimated production rates, a geographical analysis that considers potential nuclear new-build sites in the context of existing infrastructure, customer demand centres and a techno-economic analysis.

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Of course, we all know that "green hydrogen" makes no sense, so, by extension, neither does "nuclear-enabled hydrogen."