As the front-end engineering and design (FEED) study integrator, WSP will work with Kent, Murphy, Aecrom, Premzero and National Gas’s hydrogen and service teams to deliver a two-year programme of design, environmental assessment, consents and public consultation.
Project Union, led by National Gas Transmission (NGT), aims to repurpose parts of the National Transmission System (NTS) and construct new infrastructure, targeting approximately 1,500 miles of hydrogen pipelines.
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The first phase of the project will focus on the UK’s east coast and connect Track 1 hydrogen clusters in Humber and Teesside. Future phases will expand the network across the country.
“Through our role as integrator, we will help align delivery across the complex programme, ensuring the right infrastructure is in place to connect industry, communities and clean energy at scale,” explained Ben Clarke, Project Director at WSP.
In its project proposal, which was submitted last year, NGT highlighted that Project Union could enable up to 11.6GW of planned hydrogen production and 28.3TWh per year of industrial and power demand.
Ian Radley, Chief Commercial Officer at National Gas, said the initiative will build a “cleaner, more resilient energy system that will protect skilled jobs and power the future economy.”
Several developments nationwide are set to form part of Project Union. In 2023, UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) secured £500,000 from investors to acquire land in East Yorkshire for a proposed salt cavern hydrogen storage site.
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