Our Insights

The path to net zero is incredibly complex. It will require smart thinking, collaboration, and open and honest sharing of credible insight that has been developed by the best minds from across academia and industry.

There is no silver bullet to meet the UK’s net zero ambition – it is truly a joint endeavour.

Our part in this journey is to be forensic in our research and share our findings on this page.

Insight Reports

Learnings from Europe

This report examines how European gas networks are advancing decarbonisation through hydrogen, biomethane, hybrid heating and digital innovation - offering key lessons for the UK.

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Consumer Choice Bulletin Report

Cadent's response to the findings of the Savanta research that explores consumer views on the potential technological options and changes that lie ahead for domestic heating on the path to net zero.

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Future of the Gas Network Report

This report examines the crucial role that the gas network will play on the path towards achieving net zero. It explores how we will operate and maintain an efficient, safe, and reliable gas network now and into the future.

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The Economics of Hydrogen for Heat

This report is an analysis of hard-to electrify homes in the UK, demonstrating the role that hydrogen can play in decarbonising domestic heat economically and practically.

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Savanta Consumer Choice Report

This piece of qualitative research, carried out by Savanta, looks at the public’s view of the technological options that could be used in the future for domestic heating. The research looks at understanding the implications of any natural gas boiler ban, to what extent consumers believed any such a ban would affect their lives, and the degree to which they feel different audiences should be involved in decision-making.

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Our Green Print

This document looks at the technical, economic and consumer challenges around the decarbonisation of heat, and outlines the key steps needed to move to low carbon heat solutions.

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How to Pay for Energy Policy

This report details how the energy policies currently being considered to achieve net zero might be paid for. It explores in some detail the impact of a range of different options for recovering policy costs and illustrates how they could evolve over time as the use of energy changes.

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Recommendations for Hybrid Heating Systems

This report examines the opportunity that hybrid heating systems offer when it comes to decarbonising domestic heating. It describes the potential carbon savings that can be made by adopting this technology and touches on how Europe is already making advances in their roll out.

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Converting Wind into Hydrogen for Heating Homes

This report examines the myths surrounding how much wind is likely to be required to make green hydrogen for domestic heating.

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How Much Wind is Needed?

This Sankey diagram demonstrates the details of how much wind is needed to create green hydrogen for domestic heating.

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The Economic Value of Hydrogen for Domestic Heat

This report by PwC that looks at the economic impact that the hydrogen economy could bring to the regions of the UK, now and in the future, analysing and comparing different pathways.

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RIIO for 2050

This report sets out our initial views on the priorities for the regulatory framework needed to deliver net zero.

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Cranfield University: Public Perceptions of Hydrogen

This report by researchers at Cranfield University gauges public perceptions of blue and green hydrogen’s potential future use and asks if a twin-track approach is compatible with overall hydrogen acceptance.

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Cranfield University: Divergent Consumer Preferences

This report by researchers at Cranfield University explores consumer attitudes towards domestic cooking and heating technologies, as well as energy appliances of the future, and looks at the potential role for hydrogen hobs and boilers to be used in UK homes.

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Cranfield University: Consumer Perspectives

This is an executive summary of Joel Gordon’s PhD undertaken at Cranfield University. This report set out a summary of the PhD findings that examined the social science research on hydrogen acceptance.

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The PwC Regional of Economic Benefits

This map details the regionalised economic uplift that the hydrogen economy could have on the UK.

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Net Zero Report

A report by Verve that looks at attitudes towards sustainability and explores to what extent, and why, are consumers change-resistant towards Net Zero in the UK, and how does this compare to Europe?

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The Role and Value of hydrogen in great Britain's Future Energy System

Analysis and research from the team at Imperial College London exploring the role and value that hydrogen could play in the UK’s future energy mix.

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Rethinking Energy Network Regulation

A report by Stonehaven that looks at whether the UK has the right regulatory and broader institutional framework to deliver net zero.

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Response to Imperial College's Report on Hydrogen for Heat

Cadent’s response to Imperial College’s report that summarises the key findings and outlines some recommendations on what decisions should be made about new energy infrastructure.

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The Future of the Gas Network: Carbon Saving

This report examines the growing gap in the carbon budgets caused by the slow delivery of decarbonisation efforts in domestic dwellings. It also sets out ten policy recommendations and asks of Government and Ofgem.

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Contact us :

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What are we doing?

We’re involved in several hydrogen projects in partnerships with the energy sector.

The three main areas we lead on are blending, industrial power and decarbonising heavy transport.

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Blended Hydrogen

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Industrial Decarbonisation

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Decarbonising heavy transport

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Making our network green gas ready

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