ScottishPower has plans to construct a green hydrogen plant at the Port of Felixstowe in the UK.
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This plant will be able to power trucks, vessels and trains.
As per the proposals framed, the 100MW plant at the Suffolk port is expected to deliver sufficient hydrogen fuel to power 1,300 trucks from 2026.
It has applied for the government’s Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, which offers state support to develop low-carbon hydrogen projects for the next three years.
The entire project is estimated to cost £150m.
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By GlobalDataTo be built on brownfield land within the port, the facility will be almost the size of a football pitch.
It is expected to have the capacity to produce 14,000 tonnes per year of renewable H2, which can be doubled in the future.
The energy company, which is owned by Iberdrola, intends to supply hydrogen to vehicles and machinery used by the Port of Felixstowe.
Owned by Hutchison Ports, Port of Felixstowe is one of the busiest ports and a trade hub in the UK.
This port is used by around 6,000 heavy goods vehicles a year.
Logistics providers are increasingly exploring hydrogen as an option to reduce carbon emissions and their fuel expenses.
The hydrogen produced at the facility will also be utilised to power trains used for rail freight into the port as well as vessels.
ScottishPower hydrogen director Barry Carruthers was quoted by The Guardian as saying: “The strength of demand from the port itself, logistics and distribution companies and rail freight companies has given use the confidence to press ahead with this facility. This is a big, industrial scale project that we’re doing at pace.
“The cost of hydrogen is now comparable with diesel so this can be cheaper and cleaner for customers. The market has given us a really good glide path.”
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Image: The port is used by around 6,000 heavy goods vehicles a year. Credit: Niklas from Pixabay.
