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| Reference Number | NIA_NGN_451 | |
| Title | Hydrogen Farm of the Future | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research (Demographics) 10%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Hydrogen, Other infrastructure and systems R&D) 90%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning) 90%; BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) 10%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Northern Gas Networks |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 February 2024 | |
| End Date | 30 November 2024 | |
| Duration | ENA months | |
| Total Grant Value | £116,050 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Northern Gas Networks (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Northern Gas Networks (0.000%) |
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| Web Site | https://smarter.energynetworks.org/projects/NIA_NGN_451 |
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| Objectives | Northern Gas Networks are keen to promote hydrogen adoption to the farming industry in rural parts of their region that may not benefit from the East Coast Hydrogen project. The desired output is a feasibility study/research project that will consider the use cases for hydrogen on farms, including but not limited to: • On site hydrogen production/storage • Fertiliser production • Hydrogen vehicles • Domestic and industrial heating/energy) This study should conclude whether or not farms in the region are suitable candidates for early hydrogen adoption.The following statements will outline how the project will meet the measurement and data quality objectives set out. This will include the mechanisms put in place to ensure the accuracy, integrity, relevance, reliability, and timeliness of the projects results.WP1 Market AssessmentIn this work package a full market review via stakeholder engagement and a comprehensive literature review. Engaging with those key stakeholders within the industry will provide relevant information to the project with lived experience. Develop, test and analyse categories of different active farm sizes, settings and the accompanying energy needs. This real time data will be arranged into a set of clear farm energy archetypes that will come with key assumptions.Hydrogen uses on farms will be assessed and detail out a roadmap from now until 2050 for each of the categories. In producing the final roadmaps, the combined estimated uncertainty from all use cases will be used as a benchmark expectation of agreement from which to judge to what level the assumptions can be trusted.WP2 Business case and geographic analysisThe archetypes set out in WP1 will be analysed and prioritised into groups using the Red, Amber & Green rating system, proving important when completing future work within the project. Viability ratings will be completed while producing the business case analysis of hydrogen production and distribution options.WP3 Benefits analysis and reportingStakeholder engagement conducted to understand farming attitudes and barriers to uptake. This data gathering exercise will be subjective due to the experiences of those within the room. To make this exercise most representative of the UKs farming sector as a whole the selection of stakeholders will be representative of the sector as a whole. The archetypes detailed in WP1 will accompany the decision-making process.Proposed incentives for solution adoption will be provided within the final report of the project. The knowledge from the previous stages of the project will influence the decisions for the recommendations. The related projects benefits will be outlined with current prices and use the same assumptions consistent throughout the project. In Scope:Market Assessment- Assess the market development and potential uses cases of hydrogen as an energy vector in farmingBusiness case & geographic analysis- Assess the viability of specific hydrogen use cases and associated scale of demand in NGN territoryBenefits analysis & reporting- Identify the barriers for uptake and the wider benefits of creating a hydrogen economy in farming communitiesOut of Scope:Project will not include specific field trials and demonstration of any hydrogen technology Stage 1 - Market AssessmentComplete market review via stakeholder engagement and literature reviewDevelop, test and analyse categories of different farming sizes, setting and accompanying energy needs e.g intensive dairy and arable versus mixed non-intensive family farming, lowland versus upland settingsAssess categories such as fertiliser production, heating, industry processes, transport, for expected viability on or off-farmStage 2 - Business case and geographic analysisPrioritisation analysis of archetypesBusiness case analysis of hydrogen production and distribution optionsAnalysis of how archetypes scale up geographically, extrapolated from Yorkshire sub-regionStage 3 - Benefits analysis and reportingStakeholder engagement to understand farming attitudes and barriers to uptakeProposed incentives for solution adoptionFurther research or demonstration requirements | |
| Abstract | The roll out of a GB hydrogen backbone through the East Coast Hydrogen project is on the horizon, NGN is keen to ensure that communities that arent directly on the planned routes will not be left disadvantaged.The project will carry out a techno-market analysis of hydrogen technologies applicable to farming, forming farm energy archetypes and decarbonisation pathways for farming technologies through to 2050. The project will then carry out use case analysis, geographic scaling of opportunities and a benefits analysis, culminating in a final report and dissemination activities.Throughout the project, the farming community in Yorkshire will be engaged at face-to-face events to test and refine project outputs, and to understand barriers and incentives required. | |
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| Added to Database | 02/10/24 | |
