![]() ![]() "I don't think it does away with blue hydrogen at all because we will need the volumes from blue, and we've got the indigenous natural gas and storage in the UK."Īlkaline electrolysis hydrogen production costs in the UK are almost three times higher than those for autothermal reforming plus carbon capture and storage, according to data from S&P Global, based on month-ahead power and gas prices. However, that did not spell an end for blue hydrogen projects, which feature prominently in the UK's industrial decarbonization plans. "To enable independence from Russian gas, one answer is green hydrogen, because you can produce it wherever you've got electricity and water," he said. Noting the burgeoning number of green hydrogen projects announced for deployment across the country, Green said: "I think we'll see green blossom." Green hydrogen production powered by renewable electricity could be more dispersed at first, as multiple small-scale projects come online in the coming decade. The company plans to connect the main hydrogen production centers of the future, including industrial clusters and other sites, with 2,000 km of pipeline. National Grid envisages Project Union as a dual track strategy of building a dedicated hydrogen pipeline network, alongside pipelines where it will blend hydrogen into the existing natural gas infrastructure. National Grid has completed the strategy phase for Project Union, and is looking to move to a pre-front end engineering design phase.Ī feasibility study could take around a year, to be followed by 18 months of FEED projects, he said.Ĭonstruction of a first phase could take place from 2026-28, with a second phase to be built in 2027-29, leading to operations at scale this decade. "If you want to roll out hydrogen from the clusters, you first of all build or preferably convert the Project Union pipeline, then you hang the local distribution network off of that, and that allows you to decarbonize towns and cities," Green said. The two regions have large-scale hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage projects planned. The initial work will link the industrial clusters around Teesside and Humberside via 100 km of pipeline, Green said ahead of an official project launch May 12. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.Ĭonstruction of Project Union could start in 2026, with a first phase completed by 2028, he said. ![]()
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