Industry reacts to government’s delay on hydrogen town plan

The UK Government has announced the suspension of plans for a hydrogen town trial until after 2026, signalling a need for strategic considerations regarding hydrogen’s contribution to decarbonising heat.David Cowdrey, Director of External Affairs at the MCS Foundation, expressed support for the decision, affirming that heat pumps and low carbon heat networks represent the most viable solutions for scaling up heating decarbonization effortsDavid Cowdrey said: “Heat pump installations