BP Plans Large-Scale Hydrogen Plant in Teesside, U.K.

Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Oil and gas major BP plc (NYSE:BP) (London, England) is aggressively expanding its green hydrogen ambitions by announcing the HyGreen Teesside project which is aiming to produce 60-megawatt electrical input (MWe) of green hydrogen production by 2025‎.

The company said that the new large-scale green hydrogen production facility, to be located in the northeast of England, could deliver up to 500 MWe of hydrogen production ‎by 2030. It claimed that HyGreen Teesside is expected to fuel the development of the heavy industrial Teesside region into the U.K.'s first major hydrogen ‎transport hub, "leading the way for large-scale decarbonization of heavy transport, airports, ports and ‎rail in the U.K."

The project will be built in multiple stages and, while project investment costs were not revealed, BP said that a final investment decision is likely in 2023. Industrial Info already is tracking the company's blue hydrogen project, H2Teesside and its proposed Teesside Blue Hydrogen plant project--part of the wider Acorn project. Earlier this year, Industrial Info reported on H2Teesside--the U.K.'s largest planned hydrogen project. It will be capable of producing up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of blue hydrogen. Hydrogen generated by the BP facility would be used to power industrial sites and homes, as a fuel for heavy transport, and in the production of sustainable fuels. For additional information, see March 29, 2021, article--BP Proposes U.K.'s Largest "Blue Hydrogen'' Project.

HyGreen Teesside and H2Teesside together have the potential to deliver 30% of the U.K.'s ‎‎2030 target of 5 GW for hydrogen production‎. Industries in Teesside account for more than 5% of the U.K.'s industrial emissions, and the region is home to five of the country's top 25 emitters.

Louise Jacobsen Plutt, BP's senior vice president for hydrogen and CCUS, said: "Low carbon ‎hydrogen will be essential in decarbonizing hard-to-abate industrial sectors including heavy transport. Together, HyGreen and H2Teesside can help transform Teesside into the U.K.'s green heart, strengthening its people, communities and businesses. This is exactly the type of energy we want to ‎create and more importantly deliver."

U.K. transport secretary, Grant Shapps, welcomed the announcement: ‎"This exciting project builds on our ongoing development of hydrogen in the area through the Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub. It'll help pave the way for its ‎use across all transport modes, creating high-quality, green jobs in the process.‎ This is excellent news following the recent COP26 summit and I look forward to supporting industry ‎to develop new technologies as we build a cleaner transport system and work towards a net-zero ‎future."‎

In August, Industrial Info reported on the U.K. government's ambitious plans to create a thriving hydrogen economy that will attract at least £4 billion (US$5.5 billion) in investment by the end of the decade. For additional information, see August 23, 2021, article--U.K.'s Hydrogen Strategy to Raise $5.5 Billion in Project Investment.

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