The H100 Fife project by Hydrogen Scotland member SGN has reached a milestone, with the completion of the construction of the world’s first domestic hydrogen gas network in Levenmouth, Fife. 100% green hydrogen produced with a 5MW Nel electrolyser using renewable electricity from the local 7MW ‘offshore’ wind turbine will flow through the new 8.4km low-pressure hydrogen network when the H100 Fife trial goes live in 2025.
H100 Fife Distribution Manager Max Biret said: “I’m thrilled to announce the completion of our green gas network. The exceptional teamwork and dedication from our SGN team and our contractors, SMART Utilities, made this possible. We’re grateful to the Levenmouth community for your trust, patience, and cooperation. Your support has been invaluable in helping us deliver a high-quality project on schedule. Having this new network in place means we can start converting customers to green hydrogen once our production and storage site is ready next year.”
H100 Fife will enable customers to heat their homes and cook food without carbon emissions. Hydrogen provides a user experience similar to that of natural gas. Participants in H100 Fife will still have boilers and radiators and be able to keep their homes at a comfortable temperature the same way they do now. The key difference is that hydrogen doesn’t produce any carbon when it burns.
SMART Utilities Construction Manager Stuart Russell and his team installed the new network and will connect homes to it when it goes live. Stuart added: “I was born and bred in Fife and feel very proud to deliver this world’s first green energy project for the local community. I’m delighted to see that so many local people have taken the opportunity to be part of this first-of-its-kind decarbonisation scheme.”
SGN is upskilling gas engineers to enable them to connect the homes taking part in the trial to the new hydrogen gas mains. We are also partnering with Fife College to open the UK’s first hydrogen training facility later early next year. Existing Gas Safe engineers will be trained at the facility to fit new hydrogen appliances.
About H100 Fife: A range of green technologies will go into H100 Fife’s end-to-end green hydrogen network, using tried-and-tested tech to show the world it’s possible to turn wind into safe, warm homes. Using green hydrogen gas means no carbon will be produced when burned, which is much better for the environment. It’s a historic change that will make Scotland and the UK a greener place to live. The H100 Fife project is also providing critical evidence to inform future low-carbon policy decisions for Scotland and the UK, expected in 2026. Link: https://www.h100fife.co.uk/about-h100/
Learn more here: https://www.sgn.co.uk/news/weve-completed-construction-of-our-world-first-green-gas-network
