Mr Kwarteng's comments arrive amid a raging debate about the future of gas boilers in British households.... The Government has now published its Hydrogen Strategy, stating that it aims to phase out gas boilers by 2026....

Smart meters will be rendered useless if Britain moves to hydrogen-powered homes in the future, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, has admitted. Trials are under way to look at the feasibility of replacing natural gas with hydrogen to enable the UK to meet its target of decarbonising home heating by 2050.Mr Kwarteng said on Wednesday that all homes with gas boilers could potentially be switched to hydrogen, depending on the outcome of trials to assess its safety and viability. But he acknow

THE GOVERNMENT plans for hydrogen to replace natural gas in boilers as it's better for the environment. But what is this invisible gas, why is it more environmentally friendly and when will it be introduced?... 1 A new Clean Heats Grant will offer households up to ￡7, 000 to replace their boiler Credit: Getty What is hydrogen?... Grey hydrogenis the most common form of production, extracting hydrogen from natural gas or other fossil fuels, and generating greenhouse gases in the process. Blue h

With the Prime Minister committed to reaching Net-Zero by 2050, the Government has set out plans to ban gas boilers from as early as 2025 It is part of Mr Johnson's plan to ignite a" green industrial revolution" in the UK.... But the push to heat millions of homes using hydrogen boilers instead could scupper that target and speed up global warming, a new academic paper suggests. The peer-reviewed study suggests that even hydrogen produced using allegedly low-emission methods can be more polluti

New gas boilers will be banned from 2035 and families are set to be offered ￡5, 000 grants to buy heat pumps for their homes under a landmark green strategy to be unveiled next week. The Prime Minister will announce the “ boiler upgrade scheme ” as the centrepiece of his long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy.It will set a deadline to prohibit the installation of new gas boilers and instead encourage homeowners to switch to low-carbon alternatives before then. Boris Johnson will first hold a C

The Heat and Building Strategy is due to be published next month to set out how the Government plans to address potential issues for homeowners such as electricity being significantly more expensive than gas.... That “ price distortion ” is seen as a barrier to helping promote low-carbon solutions, such as hydrogen boilers and heat pumps in homes.... The Committee on Climate Change has warned the Government that consumers could end up paying ￡100 more a year. But Chris Stark, the Chief Executi

The Heating and Hot Water Industry Council( HHIC) warned Government advisors last week there is a potential ￡12. 5billion risk to consumers if thethey stick to their current strategy for heating British homes.... HHIC claimed five million homeowners will need to fund urgent system upgrades, costing an estimated ￡2, 500 per household, to prepare for installing a heat pump.... Under the Government’s current plans to phase out gas boilers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged 600, 000 new heat pu

Homeowners face higher energy bills to pay for greener gas that could be used to heat just 10 per cent of the country’s homes. The Government will announce on Tuesday that it wants a subsidy scheme to help fund its ambition to produce 5 gigawatts of hydrogen for use in heavy industry, transport and home heating by 2030. The scheme will be modelled on subsidies that were key to boosting the UK’s offshore wind industry over the past decade, which are levied on electricity bills. The plans could se

Rishi Sunak ally Claire Coutinho exiting Downing Street after Cabinet meeting( Image: Getty) Ministers will create 700 jobs when it invests ￡2 billion into 11 green hydrogen projects to help supply industry with renewable power. These projects will create 700 jobs over 15 years and will supply a Port Talbot paper mill, a whisky distillery in Scotland and a logistics company in Teesside, which will swap diesel for hydrogen in their vehicles. Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said: “ Hydrogen prese

New Government measures to replace gas boilers with heat pumps will be compulsory in the long-term, the international trade secretary has said. Anne-Marie Trevelyan said that while the Government’s drive to replace boilers with heat pumps will be optional to begin with, there will come “ a point at which that changes ”.... “ In the short term of course this is a voluntary scheme, ” she told Sky News.... The money announced in this package will provide just 30, 000.“ In advance of the Cop26 sum