The local governing authority, Cheshire West & Chester Council, has approved what are described as groundbreaking plans by EET Hydrogen for the first large scale, low carbon hydrogen production plant in the UK located at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Consisting ultimately of two plants (HPP1 and HPP2), the hydrogen hub will enable local industrial and power generation businesses to switch from fossil fuels to low carbon energy. This will help to reduce the North West’s carbon emissions by 2.5 million tonnes every year.
The hydrogen will be used locally by the Essar refinery and other major manufacturers in the region, including Tata Chemicals, Encirc and Pilkington to create the first low carbon refining operations, glass and chemicals manufacturing sites in the world.
EET will develop the hydrogen hub in phases with the first plant (HPP1) at 350 MW capacity, the second (HPP2) at 1000MW capacity and an overall target capacity of 4000MW+ by 2030. These plants are described as being of critical importance in meeting the UK’s hydrogen and industrial decarbonisation targets and enabling the hydrogen infrastructure.
The development is a key pillar of HyNet – the UK’s leading industrial decarbonisation cluster. Construction is anticipated to start on HPP1 in 2024 with low carbon hydrogen produced at the site by 2027.
Image: Realisation of HPP2
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