ScottishPower Plans To Build Green Hydrogen Plant at U.K.'s Busiest Container Port
August 09 2022 - 10:30AM
Dow Jones News
By Maitane Sardon
ScottishPower, a subsidiary of Spanish utilities giant Iberdrola
SA, is planning to build a green hydrogen plant in Britain's
busiest container port, in a move aimed at helping replace
polluting fuels in powering trains, trucks and ships.
The Glasgow-based energy company said Tuesday that it has teamed
up with port-operator group Hutchison Ports to explore the
development and construction of a 100-megawatt green hydrogen
production facility at the port of Felixstowe in Suffolk,
England.
ScottishPower said the proposed plant would produce green
hydrogen for onshore purposes, such as road, rail and industrial
use. It would also offer the opportunity to create derivative
products of the fuel such as green ammonia or e-methanol, it
said.
In Europe, the case for hydrogen--including its green version
made with renewable electricity--is gaining momentum amid surging
energy prices and concerns about commodity supplies after Russia's
invasion of Ukraine.
"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," said Barry Carruthers, Hydrogen Director at
ScottishPower.
The company said that the project could deliver up to 40 metric
tons of the low-carbon fuel per day, or enough to power 1300
hydrogen trucks.
Write to Maitane Sardon at maitane.sardon@wsj.com
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