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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Oil & Gas major BP plc (NYSE:BP) (London, England) is accelerating its hydrogen production plans by proposing the U.K.'s largest planned hydrogen project, H2Teesside.
The proposed project in the heavily industrialized Teesside region would be capable of producing up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of "blue hydrogen", which is made by processing natural gas into hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2), with the CO2 being captured and permanently stored. 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. The company sees collaboration as the key and will be integrating H2Teesside with the region's already-planned Net Zero Teesside (NZT) and Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) projects, both of which are led by BP as operator.
If the project moves forward, production could start at the plant by 2027, or earlier. BP intends to develop the Teesside facility in stages. An initial 500 megawatts (MW) of blue hydrogen will come online and then the company will add further capacity by 2030. At full capacity, the facility will be able to supply 20% of the U.K.'s hydrogen target by 2030 and play a key role in making Teesside the country's first hydrogen transport hub. It has close proximity to North Sea storage sites, pipe corridors and existing operational hydrogen storage and distribution capabilities. 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.
Dev Sanyal, BP's executive vice president of gas and low carbon energy said: "Clean hydrogen is an essential complement to electrification on the path to net zero. Blue hydrogen, integrated with carbon capture and storage, can provide the scale and reliability needed by industrial processes. It can also play an essential role in decarbonising hard-to-electrify industries and driving down the cost of the energy transition. H2Teesside, together with NZT and NEP, has the potential to transform the area into one of the first carbon neutral clusters in the U.K., supporting thousands of jobs and enabling the U.K.'s Ten Point Plan."
U.K. Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan welcomed the proposal: "Clean hydrogen has huge potential to help us fully decarbonise across the U.K. and it is great to see BP exploring its full potential on Teesside. Clean hydrogen is an essential complement to electrification on the path to net zero. Blue hydrogen, integrated with carbon capture and storage, can provide the scale and reliability needed by industrial processes."
BP recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with titanium dioxide pigments and performance additives manufacturer Venator to supply clean hydrogen to its plant in Teesside. The firm also entered into a MoU with Northern Gas Networks (NGN), a gas distributor in northern England, to collaborate on the decarbonisation of gas networks in the country.
Industrial Info is tracking a number of related Teesside initiatives, including Northern Gas Networks' H21 Leeds City Gate project, which aims to convert the Leeds gas network to being 100% hydrogen fueled in order to lower emissions across the U.K.. The hydrogen will be produced through the use of a 1,025-MW steam methane reforming plant (256 MW Units x 4) and will include a carbon capture plant, which is expected to capture up to 90% of CO2 emissions. The Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project is a carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project, based in the North East of England backed by BP and a number of other partners. It aims to decarbonise a cluster of carbon-intensive businesses by 2030, capturing up to 6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
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The proposed project in the heavily industrialized Teesside region would be capable of producing up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of "blue hydrogen", which is made by processing natural gas into hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2), with the CO2 being captured and permanently stored. 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. The company sees collaboration as the key and will be integrating H2Teesside with the region's already-planned Net Zero Teesside (NZT) and Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) projects, both of which are led by BP as operator.
If the project moves forward, production could start at the plant by 2027, or earlier. BP intends to develop the Teesside facility in stages. An initial 500 megawatts (MW) of blue hydrogen will come online and then the company will add further capacity by 2030. At full capacity, the facility will be able to supply 20% of the U.K.'s hydrogen target by 2030 and play a key role in making Teesside the country's first hydrogen transport hub. It has close proximity to North Sea storage sites, pipe corridors and existing operational hydrogen storage and distribution capabilities. 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.
Dev Sanyal, BP's executive vice president of gas and low carbon energy said: "Clean hydrogen is an essential complement to electrification on the path to net zero. Blue hydrogen, integrated with carbon capture and storage, can provide the scale and reliability needed by industrial processes. It can also play an essential role in decarbonising hard-to-electrify industries and driving down the cost of the energy transition. H2Teesside, together with NZT and NEP, has the potential to transform the area into one of the first carbon neutral clusters in the U.K., supporting thousands of jobs and enabling the U.K.'s Ten Point Plan."
U.K. Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan welcomed the proposal: "Clean hydrogen has huge potential to help us fully decarbonise across the U.K. and it is great to see BP exploring its full potential on Teesside. Clean hydrogen is an essential complement to electrification on the path to net zero. Blue hydrogen, integrated with carbon capture and storage, can provide the scale and reliability needed by industrial processes."
BP recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with titanium dioxide pigments and performance additives manufacturer Venator to supply clean hydrogen to its plant in Teesside. The firm also entered into a MoU with Northern Gas Networks (NGN), a gas distributor in northern England, to collaborate on the decarbonisation of gas networks in the country.
Industrial Info is tracking a number of related Teesside initiatives, including Northern Gas Networks' H21 Leeds City Gate project, which aims to convert the Leeds gas network to being 100% hydrogen fueled in order to lower emissions across the U.K.. The hydrogen will be produced through the use of a 1,025-MW steam methane reforming plant (256 MW Units x 4) and will include a carbon capture plant, which is expected to capture up to 90% of CO2 emissions. The Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project is a carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project, based in the North East of England backed by BP and a number of other partners. It aims to decarbonise a cluster of carbon-intensive businesses by 2030, capturing up to 6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Our European headquarters are located in Galway, Ireland. Follow IIR Europe on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn For more information on our European coverage send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.eu or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe.
