New homes will be banned from having gas boilers within three years under the PM’s 10-point plan.
The move, two years earlier than previously planned, was included as part of a “future homes standard”, which will require all new homes to have low-carbon alternatives, such as electric heat pumps and hydrogen.
Sites in the north and Scotland will be frontrunners for trials of using hydrogen in homes. A world-first project to supply 300 homes with hydrogen in Fife could be approved soon, while there are plans to begin injecting hydrogen into the gas grid serving 670 homes near Gateshead, and for a further project to follow in the northwest.
Experts have said the proposals are a “far cry” from what is actually needed to reach net zero emissions targets by 2050.
