{"id":101780,"date":"2021-12-07T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T06:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=101780"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:51:37","slug":"bp-plans-major-green-hydrogen-project-in-teesside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/bp-plans-major-green-hydrogen-project-in-teesside\/","title":{"rendered":"bp plans major green hydrogen project in Teesside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>HyGreen Teesside project targets 60MWe of \u2018green\u2019 hydrogen production by 2025\u200e<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Together with bp\u2019s already-proposed \u2018blue\u2019 hydrogen project (H2Teesside), HyGreen \u200eTeesside strengthens Teesside as the UK\u2019s leading hydrogen hub to decarbonize industry \u200eand heavy transport<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>HyGreen Teesside and H2Teesside together have the potential to deliver 30% of the UK\u2019s \u200e\u200e2030 target for hydrogen production\u200e<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/12\/hygreen-teesside-hartlepool.jpg.img_.750.medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/12\/hygreen-teesside-hartlepool.jpg.img_.750.medium.jpg 750w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/12\/hygreen-teesside-hartlepool.jpg.img_.750.medium-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/12\/hygreen-teesside-hartlepool.jpg.img_.750.medium-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/12\/hygreen-teesside-hartlepool.jpg.img_.750.medium-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>bp today confirmed it is planning a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the North East of England that could deliver up to 500Mwe (megawatt electrical input) of hydrogen production \u200eby 2030.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be developed in multiple stages, HyGreen Teesside is expected to match production to demand \u200eand build on experience to drive down costs. bp is aiming to start production by 2025, with an initial \u200ephase of some 60MWe of installed hydrogen production capacity. A final investment decision on the \u200eproject is expected in 2023.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hygreen Teesside is the latest addition to bp\u2019s integrated UK business portfolio, which includes 3GW \u200egross of offshore wind in the Irish Sea, delivering 16,000 UK charging points by 2030 and bp and \u200eAberdeen city\u2019s partnership deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bp is working with industry, local administration such as Tees Valley Combined Authority (\u201cTVCA\u201d) \u200eand the UK government to increase the pace of decarbonization in transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bp\u2019s blue and green hydrogen projects in Teesside, together with the proposed Net Zero Teesside \u200epower project, is expected to further support economic development and regeneration in Teesside. \u200eCreating high-quality jobs in both construction and operation phases, the projects will support local \u200eeducation, skills development and the development catalyze a highly skilled UK-based hydrogen \u200esupply chain.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Louise Jacobsen Plutt, bp\u2019s senior vice president for hydrogen and CCUS, said: \u201cLow carbon \u200ehydrogen will be essential in decarbonizing hard-to-abate industrial sectors including heavy transport. \u200eTogether, HyGreen and H2Teesside can help transform Teesside into the UK\u2019s green heart, \u200estrengthening its people, communities and businesses. This is exactly the type of energy we want to \u200ecreate and more importantly deliver.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>HyGreen Teesside is expected to fuel the development of Teesside into the UK\u2019s first major hydrogen \u200etransport hub, leading the way for large-scale decarbonization of heavy transport, airports, ports and \u200erail in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cLow carbon \u200ehydrogen will be essential in decarbonizing hard-to-abate industrial sectors including heavy transport. \u200eTogether, HyGreen and H2Teesside can help transform Teesside into the UK\u2019s green heart, \u200estrengthening its people, communities and businesses. This is exactly the type of energy we want to \u200ecreate and more importantly deliver.\u201d &#8211; Louise Jacobsen Plutt, senior vice president for hydrogen and CCUS, bp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: \u200e\u201cThis exciting project builds on our ongoing development of \u200ehydrogen in the area through the Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub. It\u2019ll help pave the way for its \u200euse across all transport modes, creating high-quality, green jobs in the process.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u200e\u201cThis is excellent news following the recent COP26 summit and I look forward to supporting industry \u200eto develop new technologies as we build a cleaner transport system and work towards a net-zero \u200efuture.\u201d\u200e<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined 1.5GW capacity of HyGreen Teesside and H2Teesside could deliver 30% of the UK \u200egovernment\u2019s target of developing 5GW of hydrogen production by 2030. Industries in Teesside \u200eaccount for over 5% of the UK\u2019s industrial emissions and the region is home to five of the country\u2019s \u200etop 25 emitters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said: \u201cThis is yet another coup for the region as we lead the UK in \u200ecreating the cleaner, safer and healthier jobs and communities of the future. We\u2019re quickly becoming \u200ethe go-to place for innovation in the hydrogen sector, thanks to our status as the UK\u2019s first Hydrogen \u200eTransport Hub and bp\u2019s commitment with other schemes, such as Net Zero Teesside and \u200eH2Teesside. Whether it\u2019s hydrogen, carbon capture, utilization and storage or offshore wind, \u200eTeesside, Darlington and Hartlepool has the know-how, sites and ambition to deliver.\u201d\u200e<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>bp has already announced a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with potential industrial \u200ecustomers for hydrogen in the Teesside area, including both existing and planned operations, as it \u200egrows demand for the hydrogen expected to be produced by H2Teesside. bp has also recently \u200esigned an MoU with Daimler Truck to pilot both the development of hydrogen infrastructure and the \u200eintroduction of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks in the UK.\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HyGreen Teesside would be a further important step in the development bp\u2019s hydrogen business and \u200eits first green hydrogen project in the UK. bp is pursuing proposed projects for green hydrogen \u200eproduction at its refineries in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Lingen in Germany and Castellon in Spain. \u200eIt has also carried out a feasibility study identifying opportunities for green hydrogen production in \u200eWestern Australia and was most recently chosen as the preferred bidder to develop a green hydrogen \u200eproduction hub in Aberdeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In bp\u2019s wider low carbon business, it has built a strong renewables pipeline of 23.3GW, strengthening \u200econfidence in its 2025 target of delivering 20GW of developed renewables to FID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HyGreen Teesside project targets 60MWe of \u2018green\u2019 hydrogen production by 2025\u200e Together with bp\u2019s already-proposed \u2018blue\u2019 hydrogen project (H2Teesside), HyGreen \u200eTeesside strengthens Teesside as the UK\u2019s leading hydrogen hub to decarbonize industry \u200eand heavy transport HyGreen Teesside and H2Teesside together have the potential to deliver 30% of the UK\u2019s \u200e\u200e2030 target for hydrogen production\u200e bp [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"To be developed in multiple stages, HyGreen Teesside is expected to match production to demand \u200eand build on experience to drive down costs","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,5627,10630],"supplier":[570,3334],"class_list":["post-101780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-energy","tag-hydrogen","supplier-bp","supplier-uk-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101780"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=101780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}