Equinor triples UK clean hydrogen production goal
Additional production to supply Keadby hydrogen power station in Yorkshire
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor has tripled its target for clean hydrogen production in the UK to 1.8GW. Under the expanded target, Equinor would deploy an additional 1.2GW of blue hydrogen capacity in the UK, principally to fuel the Keadby 100pc hydrogen power station which it is developing with UK utility SSE Thermal in Yorkshire. Keadby could come online before the end of the decade “with appropriate policy mechanisms in place”, says Equinor. 1.2GW – Additional hydrogen production capacity under new target “Without CCS and hydrogen, at scale, there is no viable path to net zero and realising the Paris goals. Our low-carbon projects in the UK build on our own industria
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