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MBE for Cannock gas engineer working on using hydrogen to decarbonise UK heat supplies

A woman from Cannock says she is "overwhelmed" to have been given an MBE for her services to business and the environment.

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Gas engineer and Cadent manager Lorna Marie Millington has been awarded an MBE.

Lorna Marie Millington is a widely respected chartered gas engineer and future networks manager at Cadent Gas.

With more than 25 years of experience in the industry, her work is devoted to pivoting to more environmentally friendly sources of energy.

The focus of Lorna's work is on re-purposing the gas network for hydrogen to allow for low carbon heating, which has been identified as one of the key strategic options to decarbonise our heat supplies and support the wider target of net zero by 2050.

Lorna said: "I received the letter about a month ago telling me I was getting the MBE and then had it confirmed in a phone call last week.