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Energy giant BP has announced plans to co-locate a new 500MW green hydrogen facility with its blue hydrogen facility, proposed for Teesside.
The firm said it will apply for permission to build a 60MW green hydrogen plant at the same site in Teesside where it this year gained planning consent for a 500MW blue hydrogen plant, due to come online in 2027. For the blue hydrogen, BP has already signed memorandum of agreement (MoU) papers with potential purchasers including chemicals manufacturer Venator and Northern Gas Networks.
The green hydrogen plant, BP has stated, should come online by 2025 if the planning process runs smoothly. It would then be expanded in stages, to reach 500MW of electrolysis capacity by 2030. By 2030, the blue hydrogen facility should be expanded to 1GW.
BP said in a statement that the planned growth in production at the green hydrogen plant will “match production and demand”, as sectors including road transport, marine and heating increase the use of hydrogen in the coming years. The company expects businesses operating heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to be among the first customers and recently signed a partnership with Daimler Truck to develop a network of up to 25 UK-based truck refuelling stations this decade.
The UK Government is notably targeting 5GW of “low-carbon” hydrogen production by 2030 under the Hydrogen Strategy – a feat it estimates will attract £4bn on private sector investment. BP claims that its green and blue hydrogen proposals for Teesside could account for 30% of this total. Read more…