Timeline
Sep
'14
Sept 2014
Conception of the H21 Leeds City Gate idea
May
'15
May 2015
Kick-off meeting for the H21 Leeds City Gate project
Jul
'16
July 2016
H21 Leeds City Gate report officially launched in Westminster
Oct
'16
October 2016
Committee for Climate Change’s Next Steps for UK heat report released
Oct
'16
October 2016
Ofgem’s Future Insights Series launched
Jan
'17
January 2017
Commencement of strategic NIA projects: H21 Strategic Modelling, Urban Centres; H21 Domestic and Commercial Metering; H21 Keighley and Spadeadam; H21 North of England
Apr
'17
April 2017
UK government’s BEIS department announces £25 million Hy4Heat ‘Downstream of the Meter’ programme
Oct
'17
October 2017
Hydrogen named as a credible pathway to the 2050 decarbonisation target in the government’s Clean Growth Plan
Nov
'17
November 2017
Ofgem announce £9 million NIC funding for the H21 safety case
Jan
'18
January 2018
H21 NIC project begins
Mar
'18
March 2018
H21 Phase 2 Field Trails design NIA project started
May
'18
May 2018
Build of the H21 NIC Phase 1a Test Facilities commences
Aug
'18
August 2018
H21 NIC Social Sciences Research project kick-off meeting
Oct
'18
October 2018
Build of the H21 NIC Phase 1b Test Facilities commences
Nov
'18
November 2018
H21 North of England report launched in Westminster
Dec
'18
December 2018
Completion of Build of Phase 1b – WBS 3 & WBS 4 Test Facilities and Commencement of Testing
Jan
'19
January 2019
Completion of Build of Phase 1b – WBS 1 & WBS 2 Test Facilities and Commencement of Testing
May
'19
May 2019
Completion of Build of Phase 1a Test Facility
June
'19
June 2019
Close down of strategic NIA projects: H21 Domestic and Commercial Meeting, H21 Keighley and Spadeadam, H21 North of England
June
'19
June 2019
UK Government commit to 2050 net zero target
July
'19
July 2019
Phase 1a Test Facility Launch Event
July
'19
July 2019
Commencement of Phase 1a Testing
Sept
'19
September 2019
Commencement of Phase 1b – WBS 5 Test Facility Build
Dec
'19
December 2019
Ofgem award £6.8 million for Phase 2 of the H21 Project
Jan
'20
January 2020
Commencement of Phase 2 NIC Project
Mar
20'
March 2020
Completion of NIC Phase 1a Background Testing
June
'20
June 2020
Launch of NIC Phase 1d Social Sciences Research Report
June
'20
June 2020
Commencement of NIC Phase 2d Social Science Research Work
June
'20
June 2020
Permission to lease an area of land at Redcar for NIC Phase 2b Unoccupied Network Trials Granted
Aug
20'
August 2020
Completion of NIC Phase 1b Consequence Testing
Sept
20'
September 2020
NIA 268 Pre-Enabling Works for Phase 3, Occupied Trials Project Kicked-Off
Sept
20'
September 2020
NIA 269 Understanding Industrial & Commercial Customers Project Kicked-Off
Oct
20
October 2020
Construction of NIC Phase 2a Microgrid Test Site Commenced
Nov
20'
November 2020
NIA 270 – Initial Hydrogen Supply Strategy Project Kicked-Off
Nov
'20
November 2020
NIA 276 – Gas Facing Assets & Components Project Kicked-Off
Jan
'21
January 2021
NIA 207 – Consumer and Gas Network Metering Phase 1 Report Released
Jan
'21
January 2021
NIA 275 – Hydrogen Compatibility of Services Project Kicked-Off
March
'21
March 2021
NIA 292 – Domestic Hydrogen Detector Sensor (H2GO) Kicked-Off
May
'21
May 2021
H21 Phase 1 Technical Summary Report Released
June
'21
June 2021
NIA 270 – Initial Hydrogen Supply Strategy Report Released
Nov
20
November 2020
The UK Government Releases it’s 10 Point Plan for achieving Net Zero by 2050
June
21
June 2021
Construction of NIC Phase 2a Microgrid Test Site Completed
June
21
June 2021
Commencement of NIC Phase 2a Testing
July
21
July 2021
NIC Phase 2b Site Construction Commenced
Aug
21
August 2021
UK Government Releases it’s Hydrogen Strategy
Sept
'21
September 2021
NIA 269 – Industrial and Commercial Customers Report Released
Sept
'21
September 2021
NIA 348 – H21 Occupied Trials Safety Case Review Project Kicked-Off
Oct
21
October 2021
UK Government Releases it’s Heat in Buildings Strategy
Oct
'21
October 2021
NIA 275 – Hydrogen Ready Services Report Released
Nov
21
November 2021
NIC Phase 2b Site Construction Completed
Jan
22
January 2022
NIC Phase 2b Testing Commenced
Jan
22
January 2022
NIA 302 – Wider Network Hydrogen Impacts Kicked-Off
Jan
22
January 2022
NIA 348 – H21 Occupied Trials Safety Case Review Completed
Jan
22
January 2022
NIA 302 – Wider Impacts of Hydrogen Project Kicked Off
Mar
22
March 2022
NIA 276 – Gas Facing Assets & Components Project Completed
Apr
22
April 2022
NIA 292 – Domestic Hydrogen Detector Sensor (H2Go) Report Released
May
22
May 2022
NIA 301 – Legacy PE Assessment Project Kicked Off
Aug
22
August 2022
NIC Phase 2b Testing Completed
Sept
22
September 2022
NIA 346 – ATEX Equipment and SR/25 Assessment Project Kicked Off
Oct
22
October 2022
Completion of NIC Phase 2a Testing
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