Around 300 homes in Levenmouth, Scotland, will be heated with hydrogen after a new distribution network is installed in 2023 as part of SGN’s H100 Fife project.

SGN has signed a deal with Norwegian dedicated hydrogen technology provider Nel ASA to supply the electrolyser for its world first hydrogen-to-homes heating network on the east coast of Scotland. The 5MW alkaline water electrolyser will deliver up to 2,093kg of green hydrogen a day, enough for heating and cooking in 300 homes.

This project is the first ever 100% hydrogen network of scale supplying green hydrogen from electrolysis to customers for the purposes of heating and cooking. The system will be powered by a nearby offshore wind turbine and grid electricity. The newly built hydrogen gas distribution network will supply up to 300 households initially with zero carbon heat, however both the electrolyser and network have been sized to have the capacity to supply up to 900 homes as part of the planned future expansion of the H100 Fife project. 

The H100 Fife project is a groundbreaking demonstration in evidencing the role that hydrogen can play in decarbonizing heat as alternative to natural gas. SGN is one of the UK’s largest gas distribution network companies, operating across Scotland, southern England and in Northern Ireland and is supplying gas to 5.9 million homes and business.