The company committed significant resources into this new appliance technology and has created a continuous flow hot water system fuelled by 100% hydrogen.
Current UK Rinnai product ranges – both domestic and commercial – are ‘hydrogen blend ready’, meaning that units will accept the proposed 20% hydrogen/natural gas blend.
A Rinnai spokesperson said: "If we can develop a 100% hydrogen combustion technology that emits no CO2 at all, we can help achieve carbon neutrality. Rinnai’s 100% hydrogen combustion water heater models are fully able to contribute significantly towards cutting emissions.
"An adoption of global infrastructural modifications is a prerequisite for hydrogen-burning water heaters to become a valid global decarbonising technology. Major international economies are strategising measures that focus on introducing clean and domestically sustainable sources of energy, such as renewables and hydrogen into separate energy mixes before or around 2050."
Chris Goggin, Operations Director at Rinnai UK, commented: "We are delighted to see this development coming to market after a period of intense research and design work conducted on a global scale. The product quality of our range of products, coupled with service excellence to all customers, is and always will be our first priority.
"We have responded to the need for decarbonisation by re-designing those parts of our products that warranted it – and we have recognised the fact that all fuels will factor in the future. Hence, we have launched our H3 initiative of 'hydrogen, hybrid, and heat pump' so that our customers have the best possible choices to assist them maximise their own energy efficiency programmes."
www.rinnai-uk.co.uk/about-us/hydrogen-sustainability
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