Gas-hydrogen blending 実験(する) for German home heating 近づくs 30% 的

Pipeline company mixes 'clean' hydrogen, natural gas

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30/70% hyrdogen/natural gas 割合 to be reached within weeks

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実験(する) 場所/位置 could be 詳細な計画 for cleaner heating 燃料s

By Vera Eckert

OEHRINGEN, Germany, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A German 事業/計画(する) 目的(とする)d at 上げるing clean energy for home heating 推定する/予想するs to 攻撃する,衝突する a 重要な milestone of 30% "green" energy blended with natural gas heating some 世帯s south-west of the country within weeks, the company behind the 事業/計画(する) said.

The 事業/計画(する) by Netze BW is the first of its 肉親,親類d in Germany to 供給(する) the blended gases to 世帯s and the 実験(する) 場所/位置 in the south-west town of Oehringen which the 会社/堅い hopes could serve as a 詳細な計画 for the 残り/休憩(する) of the country.

Under 成果/努力s to move away from 化石 燃料s and 減ずる 炭素 emssions, Germany is 捜し出すing to produce "green" hydrogen which is 抽出するd using 勝利,勝つd and solar 力/強力にする 経由で electrolysis. It 計画(する)s to 蓄える/店 the gas or 輸送(する) it to 消費者s on exisitng and a 少数,小数派 of new gas grids.

Europe's biggest economy 目的(とする)s to 結局 取って代わる natural gas, 特に that from Russia, and create a new value chain for green hydrogen that it 推定する/予想するs to be 製図/抽選 from 輸入するs and 国内の 生産/産物.

The Oehringen "hydrogen island", an area in a town 近づく Heilbronn with detached family homes, has been receiving a mix of natural gas 加える 徐々に more hydrogen from its pipeline 操作者 Netze BW - a 子会社 of 公共事業(料金)/有用性 EnBW - since autumn 2022.

Netze's 隣接する 地域の offices in Oehringen got the blends ahead of the homes, reaching a 30% mix already last summer.

"Within the next two weeks, we will raise the 株 from 8% to 20% and two weeks その上の on, we will get to 30% in the 世帯s," 事業/計画(する) leader Heike Gruener told Reuters during a visit.

The blending happens on the Netze BW 場所/位置, using bought-in renewable 力/強力にする which is put through an electrolysis 工場/植物.

The company 手配中の,お尋ね者 to show that the pipeline 組織/基盤/下部構造 and boilers, radiators and hobs can adapt to the mix without major 交替/補充s or 調整s. It said it hoped to 論証する that repurposing Germany's 抱擁する gas 組織/基盤/下部構造 to serve homes and 産業 could work.

"Of course we are looking to show that 100% hydrogen can work also. But that will only be 概略で in the middle of this 10年間," Gruener 追加するd.

Germany can capitalise on experiences 井戸/弁護士席 into the 1970s with town gas, made by 燃やすing coal and 含む/封じ込めるing up to 50% hydrogen, she 追加するd.

"There is no noticeable difference to 100% gas," said Andreas Frasch, a pensioner who 参加するs in the 実験(する)s. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Vera Eckert, Timm Reichert and Maximilian Schwarz, editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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