Proposed project has the potential to fuel at
least 50% of Kraft Heinz’s Kitt Green manufacturing plant, helping
to reduce carbon emissions and advance the company towards its
larger net zero ambitions. Kitt Green is Carlton Power’s fifth
green hydrogen project it’s developing in the UK.
The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz”) has signed
an agreement with Carlton Power, the UK energy infrastructure
development company, to study the development of a renewable green
hydrogen plant at its Kitt Green manufacturing plant in Wigan,
Greater Manchester.
Kitt Green is one of the largest food processing plants in
Europe and one of the largest Kraft Heinz facilities in the world,
producing a quarter of a million tons of food annually and
employing approximately 850 people.
The proposed 20MW Kitt Green hydrogen plant, the first to be
taken forward by Kraft Heinz globally, will meet more than 50% of
the plant’s annual natural gas demand and reduce the plant’s carbon
emissions by 16000T/yr. The hydrogen will be produced by an
electrolyser using electricity generated from sources of renewable
energy, primarily wind and solar power.
The Kitt Green project is the fifth green hydrogen project that
Carlton Power is taking forward within the UK.
Eric Adams, Hydrogen Projects Director at Carlton Power,
said: “We’re delighted to be working with Kraft Heinz to bring
forward a green hydrogen facility at Kitt Green to help the company
accelerate its efforts to decarbonise their operations. It is
critical that projects like this are brought forward to support
British companies, especially in manufacturing, in reducing their
carbon emissions and reaching Net Zero.”
Jojo Lins De Noronha, President, Northern Europe, The Kraft
Heinz Company, said: “Our agreement with Carlton Power is an
important step forward in our efforts to reduce carbon emissions
and achieve our global goal of net zero emissions by 2050, with a
50 percent reduction in emissions by 2030. We’re excited to partner
together to develop our first, renewable hydrogen energy project
globally and hope to see more projects like these in the
future.”
Subject to planning approval and financing, the £40m
Carlton/Kraft Heinz renewable hydrogen scheme is earmarked to enter
operation in 2026. Its construction will be contingent on securing
financial support from the UK Government’s second Hydrogen
Allocation Round (HAR2) of the Hydrogen Production Business Model
(HPBM), which the Government has launched to support UK industry’s
switch to hydrogen and encourage growth of the hydrogen economy
across the country.
Over the next 12-18 months, Kraft Heinz and Carlton Power will
seek to obtain planning permission for the scheme. In parallel, the
two companies will work together to obtain grant funding and
operational financial support from the UK Department of Energy
Supply and Net Zero (DESNZ) with a target to deliver hydrogen to
Kitt Green in 2026/27. A submission to DESNZ will be made this year
(via HAR2), following consultations with local and national
stakeholders.
The green hydrogen scheme is Carlton Power’s third to be
developed in the North West of England and its second in the
Greater Manchester region, the others being at Trafford in Greater
Manchester which received planning consent in 2021 and at
Barrow-in-Furness (South Cumbria) which was consented in June 2023.
In December 2023, these two projects, (as well as Carlton’s Langage
scheme near Plymouth, Devon) secured financial support through the
Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 1 (HAR1).
In 2021, Kraft Heinz announced its goal to achieve net zero
greenhouse gas emissions across its operational footprint (Scope 1
and Scope 2) and entire global supply chain (Scope 3) by 2050.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company
(Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let’s Make Life Delicious.
Consumers are at the centre of everything we do. With 2022 net
sales of approximately $26 billion, we are committed to growing our
iconic and emerging food and beverage brands on a global scale. We
leverage our scale and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft
Heinz across a portfolio of six consumer-driven product platforms.
As global citizens, we’re dedicated to making a sustainable,
ethical impact while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible
ways. Learn more about our journey by visiting
www.kraftheinzcompany.com or following us on LinkedIn.
Download the latest Kraft Heinz ESG report to learn more about
our climate ambitions and progress at
www.kraftheinzcompany.com/esg.
ABOUT CARLTON POWER
Carlton Power has 25 years of development experience in
the UK including bringing forward over 3.5GW of gas fired
generation and 8MW of solar, with c2.5GW of energy storage at
various stages of development. It has offices in Stokesley (north
Yorkshire) and Edinburgh. Carlton is developing similar green
hydrogen schemes at Trafford in Greater Manchester,
Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria), Langage (Plymouth) in Devon and
Stirling in Scotland, as well as one of the world’s largest battery
energy storage schemes – also at Trafford. The company is a member
of Hydrogen UK, North West Hydrogen Alliance, Hydrogen South West
and the Scottish Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association.
www.carltonpower.co.uk & project website URL – TBA.
In December 2023, Carlton was successful in Round One of the UK
Government’s HAR1. The company’s first phase projects – at
Trafford, Barrow-in-Furness and Langage - were each awarded
financial contracts for each of the schemes by DESNZ. Subject to
reaching Financial Investment Decisions in the early part of this
year, these projects should enter commercial operation within two
years.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydrogen-production-business-model-net-zero-hydrogen-fund-shortlisted-projects/hydrogen-production-business-model-net-zero-hydrogen-fund-har1-successful-projects
In May 2023, Carlton Power and Schroders Greencoat, the
specialist investment manager, formed a joint venture company,
Green Hydrogen Energy Company Ltd (“GHECO”), to accelerate the
development of green hydrogen projects in the UK. GHECO is aiming
to build a project portfolio in the UK of 500MW by 2030.
In October 2023, Business Green listed Carlton Power in its list
of Top 50 green pioneers in the UK - principally for the company’s
work in green hydrogen across the country.
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The Kraft Heinz Company: Rosie Brierley, Corporate
Communications Manager: Rosie.Brierley@KraftHeinz.com Marissa
Munnings, Corporate Communications Director:
Marissa.Munnings@KraftHeinz.com
Carlton Power Eric Adams, Projects Director:
eadams@carltonpower.co.uk / 07803 085942 Paul Taylor, Taylor Keogh
Communications: paul@taylorkeogh.com / 07966 782611
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