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BP to bring green hydrogen facility to Teesside

BP to bring green hydrogen facility to Teesside

 

BP has unveiled plans to bring a large-scale green hydrogen production facility to Teesside.

HyGreen Teesside will be developed in multiple stages, targeting around 600Mwe of green hydrogen production by 2025, potentially rising up to 500Mwe by 2030, in line with demand.

The news follows BP's previously revealed plans for H2Teesside, its major blue hydrogen production facility which aims to be up and running within the next five years and is targeting 1GW of hydrogen production by 2030.

Blue hydrogen converts natural gas into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, with the CO2 produced set to be captured and taken for subsea storage through the Northern Endurance Partnership carbon capture, utilisation and storage project which will also serve bp’s Net Zero Teesside power plant.

Green hydrogen is that which is generated by renewable energy, leading to fewer carbon emissions when produced.  

The combined capacity of HyGreen Teesside and H2Teesside could deliver 30 per cent of the UK Government’s target of developing 5GW of hydrogen production by 2030.

The facilities will also create jobs in both the construction and operational phases.

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said: "This is yet another coup for the region as we lead the UK in creating the cleaner, safer and healthier jobs and communities of the future. It will help create well-paid, good-quality jobs for local people, as well as giving them the skills they need to have rewarding careers in the industries of tomorrow.

"We’re quickly becoming the go-to place for innovation in the hydrogen sector, thanks to our status as the UK’s first Hydrogen Transport Hub and bp’s commitment to other schemes, such as H2Teesside. A second, even more low-carbon, hydrogen production project in HyGreen Teesside will further mark us out as a clean energy powerhouse."

A final investment decision on the HyGreen Teesside project is expected in 2023.

Louise Jacobsen Plutt, BP’s senior vice president for hydrogen and CCUS, said: "Low carbon hydrogen will be essential in decarbonising hard-to-abate industrial sectors including heavy transport.

"Together, HyGreen and H2Teesside can help transform Teesside into the UK’s green heart, strengthening its people, communities and businesses. This is exactly the type of energy we want to create and more importantly deliver."

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Published: 29-11-2021

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