Hydrogen could replace natural gas in thousands of homes under controversial plans to decarbonise entire towns in Britain's push towards net zero.
Ministers have asked the UK's main gas network operators to nominate the most suitable towns to be moved from methane to pure hydrogen as part of the pilot over the next decade.
It comes as the Government prepares to publish its long-awaited "Hydrogen Roadmap", which will set out how the UK can build a network of hydrogen production factories, and convert homes, businesses, and transport networks to the green fuel.
In a recent letter from the Government, operators were told that policymakers want to "Support the development of plans for a pilot hydrogen town which could potentially be implemented before the end of this decade".
Subsequent suggestions for potential hydrogen towns include Aberdeen, Scunthorpe, and areas close to Humberside and Merseyside.
One minute the government is advised to concentrate on heat pumps, because rolling out a hydrogen network is far too complex, costly and problematic.
We already know that it is possible to pipe hydrogen into homes, and we know that you can burn it in a gas boiler with suitable modifications.
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