Vertex Hydrogen to supply over 1,000 MW low-carbon hydrogen to companies in UK

Vertex Hydrogen is developing the UK’s first large-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production hub at Essar’s site in Ellesmere Port.

The project will capture some 1.8 mt of CO2 per annum to be stored by the HyNet project to reduce more than 10% of the region’s industrial emissions – the equivalent to taking 750,000 cars off the roads, Vertex Hydrogen said in a press statement. It will see over 2 billion of direct investments in the hydrogen plant and associated regional hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure – securing and growing vital jobs in the region. This is a similar amount of energy that powers a major city like Liverpool, secures the entire initial hydrogen production capacity of Vertex and enables the vital hydrogen infrastructure investments in the region.

The hydrogen demand comes from global businesses operating in the region, who are looking to become the first low carbon operations in a number of key sectors by switching their current high carbon fuels to low carbon hydrogen.

“This partnership with Vertex Hydrogen will help us to change the face of glass as we aim to produce net zero bottles by 2030. Glass is an incredible material and sustainable in so many ways. It has been around since 3500 BC, and by using hydrogen to decarbonise it, we believe it will be the packaging choice for centuries to come,” said Encirc MD Adrian Curry.