Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)
Summary
Planning permission has been granted for the Humber H2ub Green hydrogen production facility near Killingholme power station but a much larger blue hydrogen project has been shelved.
Green Light for Hydrogen Production
Uniper has secured the green light for its Humber H2ub Green hydrogen production facility near the gas-fired Killingholme power station in northeast England.
The project will have an installed electrolyser capacity of 120 megawatts (MW) with the potential for future expansion of a further 200 MW or more, the company said. However, the company has shelved its much larger Humber H2ub Blue hydrogen project, which it was developing at the same site with Shell. According to Industrial Info Resources data, the two key projects in the US$500 million, 720-MW venture would have produced roughly 513 tonnes per day (t/d) of blue hydrogen and captured CO2 through a new CCS unit to be built in Killingholme B power station. The company said there needed to be more clarity regarding CO2 transport, pipeline infrastructure and local hydrogen demand. Subscribers to Industrial Info’s Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can click here for the reports.
Hydrogen to Help Decarbonise Humber Refinery
The Humber H2ub Green hydrogen project will use six 20 MW electrolysers from U.K. supplier ITM Power to create approximately 48 tons per day (t/d) of green hydrogen. Based on a 2024 deal, Uniper will supply the hydrogen to Phillips 66 Limited’s Humber Refinery, where it will be used to replace some refinery fuel gas in industrial scale fired heaters as part of Phillips 66’s plans to reduce the refinery’s scope 1 operational emissions. Industrial Info Resources is tracking three related active projects worth US$55 million. Subscribers to Industrial Info’s Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can click here for the reports. The project has also been shortlisted in the U.K. Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 (HAR2) financial aid program. “This is an important milestone for the Humber H2ub (Green) project and another step towards realising industrial scale low carbon hydrogen production in the Humber,” said Guy Phillips, Team Lead, Business Development Hydrogen for Uniper in the U.K..
U.K. Ambitious Green H2 Targets
In 2021, the U.K. government set ambitious low carbon hydrogen targets of 10 GW of production capacity by 2030 – 4 GW of blue hydrogen and 6 GW of green. It launched a dedicated £240 million (US$324 million) fund to support a number of Hydrogen Allocation Rounds (HARs), which have seen 11 projects receive funding awards from HAR1, while 27 have been listed in the delayed HAR2 – which could add 875 MW of capacity and bring the U.K.’s total to 1 GW, if completed. It aims to launch HAR3 by 2026 and the fourth, HAR4 from 2028 while a revision of the country’s hydrogen targets is due to be launched this summer. Industrial Info Resources is tracking 75 hydrogen-related projects in the U.K. worth a potential US$8 billion in investment. Subscribers to Industrial Info’s Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can click here for the reports.
Key Takeaways
- Uniper has secured planning permission for a 120-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen plant near the gas-fired Killingholme power station in northeast England.
- A much larger 720 MW blue hydrogen project – Humber H2ub Blue – has been shelved.
- Industrial Info Resources is tracking 75 hydrogen-related projects in the U.K. worth a potential US$8 billion in investment.
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