Residents in Bridgend have held a protest over a planning application to build a new hydrogen plant at an industrial estate near their homes. The demonstration lasted for around three hours on Wednesday, June 21 outside the Bridgend Council offices on Angel Street before the council's monthly full council meeting and saw dozens of Bridgend residents making their voices heard about plans they say are unsuitable for their area.
The project, which has been named the HyBont Green Hydrogen Project, could see a hydrogen-powered plant built by Japanese developers Marubeni on Brynmenyn industrial estate. If given the go-ahead it would include a hydrogen production facility with electrolysers that generate hydrogen from electrical power by splitting water, along with hydrogen storage and a hydrogen refuelling station on the land.
