Lessons from the Past: What can we learn from past energy transitions in the Gas Industry
- Status:
- Complete
- Project Reference Number:
- NIA_WWU_2_17
- STRATEGY THEME:
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- Net zero and the energy system transition
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Project summary
- Funding mechanism:
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- NIA_RIIO-2
- Technology:
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- Stakeholder Engagement
- Expenditure:
- £78,666
- Third Party Collaborators:
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- WSP UK Limited
The industry has undertaken many projects to look at the potential implications from a switch to hydrogen to the gas infrastructure, but it has not attempted to initiate any projects which could extract useful learning from its considerable long operational history, in particular the changes that occurred after World War Two and through to the conversion to natural gas. The industry is lucky that it has a very well recorded history; many documents were written at this time, describing the changes that occurred and the reasoning behind them. Many of these documents survive in obscure archives but are available to be viewed and in some cases be copied.
This project seeks to provide learning from past energy transitions made by the gas industry, with a particular focus on the conversion program where the British Gas Industry transitioned from Town Gas to Natural Gas, and the important decisions that led to this.
Benefits
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