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The pioneering trade body, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has announced an ambitious target for UK homes to achieve net zero. While world leaders discuss global issues at COP27, here at home the EUA wants to see 15 million UK homes made net zero-ready by 2035.

Calling for this ambitious target, Chief Executive Mike Foster said, “Having net zero homes is a must for the Government and we want to help deliver this for them. That’s why we want to see 15 million UK homes fitted with hydrogen-ready boilers by 2035.”

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Mike Foster adds, “We recognize that consumers are facing a really tough financial outlook, that’s why our target also means no additional cost to them. From 2026, we believe all new gas boilers should be hydrogen-ready, at no extra cost to the consumer compared to buying a natural gas boiler.”

He continues, “This ambitious target shows what could be delivered, once the government has undertaken the formal consultation required. The industry is telling the government to give us the tools and we will deliver for them.”

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Mike Foster adds, “The consumer needs to be front and center of any policy impacting their home. That’s why the hydrogen-ready boiler is such a great idea. It uses natural gas and then on switchover day an engineer simply flicks the boiler to use hydrogen. No need for consumers to buy expensive alternatives or undertake costly renovations.

He concludes, “In setting an ambitious target of 15 million hydrogen-ready boilers by 2035, we are preparing the UK housing stock for the great switchover, just as we recently did from analog to digital TVs. Start replacing fossil fuel boilers with hydrogen-ready versions, years in advance of the switch, so consumers and their homes are prepared for net zero.”

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