Alongside Hutchinson Ports, ScottishPower says the project at the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk, has the potential to decarbonise industry and transportation in the region, with both companies having set out a shared vision to create a cleaner port.
H2 View understands plans are being developed to use green hydrogen for applications such as, road, rail, and industrial use, with the potential to create liquid forms including green ammonia and e-methanol and create opportunities for cost-effective export.
With a goal of aligning with customer demand from 2025 onwards, the partners say engineering and site development is ongoing.
Coming in line with the UK Government’s ambitions of 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen production by 2030, contributing to its broader goals of achieving Net Zero by 2050, the plans have received backing from local politicians.
Dr. Therese Coffey, Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, commented, “I warmly welcome Hutchison Ports’ and ScottishPower’s joint plans to explore opportunities for a large-scale hydrogen hub at the Port of Felixstowe, providing green fuel at the UK’s largest container port. It’s schemes like this – and investment from industry as well as government – which is crucial for us to reach Net Zero by 2050.”
Barry Carruthers, Hydrogen Director at ScottishPower, said, “This strategically important project could potentially create a clean fuels hub that could unlock nationally significant decarbonisation for the region, as well as playing a role in international markets.
“It’s perfectly located not far from our existing and future offshore windfarms in the East Anglia region and demonstrates how renewable electricity and green hydrogen can now start to help to decarbonise road, rail, shipping and industry.”
On July 28 (2022), ScottishPower’s parent company, Spanish-based Iberdrola, unveiled plans with the oil giant, bp, which would see the firms develop an annual green hydrogen production capacity of 600,000 tonnes across Spain, Portugal, and the UK.
Read more: bp, Iberdrola plan to produce 600,000 tonnes of green hydrogen in Spain, Portugal and UK
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