Major New Green Hydrogen Facility To Be Built On Humberside
A new hydrogen facility will be built on Humberside after developers Meld Energy selected Saltend Chemicals Park as the site for a multi-million pound investment. Insider Media reports that the new facility will be the UK’s largest green hydrogen production facility, and will cost up to £240m to develop.
Meld Energy are in the process of bidding for funding from the UK’s Net Zero Hydrogen Fund. If successful, they expect work to begin in November 2023 with a scheduled target for completion for early 2027. The initial investment would create a capacity of 100MW with the potential to increase to 200MW by the end of the final development phase.
Geoff Holmeschief executive at px Group, said: “Meld Energy’s decision to invest at Saltend Chemicals Park proves once again that Saltend is the go-to location for industrial decarbonisation and the UK energy transition.”
He added: “Meld’s plans are on a scale that will make a significant impact on domestic decarbonisation – it is a project that the government should find impossible to ignore. We have a host of world-class industrial companies on site at Saltend and this potential major investment shows once again the strength of the Saltend offering.”
Chris Smith, chief executive and founder of Meld Energy, said: “Saltend Chemicals Park is the perfect site for our green hydrogen facility. Saltend has a rich knowledge of decarbonisation projects and, importantly, has future users of the hydrogen to be produced already in place.”
“This project can be online within four years and would deliver an immediate reduction in emissions once production commences. The facility will have the potential to double its production as demand for hydrogen increases in the future to meet Net Zero targets.”
Elsewhere, plans have been lodged for a new warehouse and distribution facility in Leeds. A joint proposal by Harworth Group and Evans Property Group seeks planning permission for nine units totalling 817,250 sq ft of storage and distribution space.
A planning statement submitted as part of the application said: “The proposal relates to nine new warehouse and distribution units which will provide further high-quality employment floorspace at Gateway 45, a regionally significant economic centre.”
It continued: “The proposed development will assist the local community and the council to positively achieve economic growth and deliver highly skilled jobs in an area that is considered regionally significant.”
The site, known as Aire Valley Leeds LLP, has the potential to create new skilled jobs and attract business investment to the area. Demand for warehousing space has soared in recent years, as the pandemic accelerated the shift to online shopping and retailers scrambled for extra storage and distribution facilities.
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