Essar Energy to launch Europe’s first 100% hydrogen-ready power plant
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Essar Energy Transition (EET) announced the launch of EET Hydrogen Power, Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant (CHP).
The plant is proposed to be built at Essar Energy’s Stanlow refinery, with the goal of finishing construction in 2027.
The plan to make the plant will facilitate EET Fuel’s ambition to become the leading low-carbon hydrogen producer in the UK. The plant will also deliver low-carbon power to other industrial users in the region to support their decarbonisation targets.
EET Hydrogen Power will go through two phases to achieve a capacity of 125 MW of power with 6,000 tonnes per day of steam. The hydrogen will replace hydrocarbons, leading to a reduction of 740,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
The new facility will substitute Stanlow’s current boiler units, which currently produce around 50MW of power for the refinery operations.
The plant is essential for decarbonizing operations at EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery, which aims to reduce total emissions by 95% by 2030 and become the world’s lowest-carbon refinery.
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EET Hydrogen Power is a crucial infrastructure project. It supports the decarbonization plans of the broader HyNet industrial cluster and serves as a template for future industrial and power decarbonization.
The investment also fulfils EET’s role in supporting and expanding highly skilled employment in the North West.
The construction of Europe’s inaugural hydrogen-capable power plant is an essential component of EET’s comprehensive $3.0 billion efforts to transition to sustainable energy in the North West of England.
Rob Wallace, Chief Executive Officer of EET Hydrogen Power, said, “We have bold ambitions for Stanlow to become a low-carbon transition hub at the centre of the HyNet Industrial Cluster. EET Hydrogen Power will be Europe’s first 100% hydrogen-ready gas-turbine plant which will be supplied with EET Hydrogen’s low carbon hydrogen.”
He added, “This project will create significant benefit by contributing to regional emissions’ reductions targets.”
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