Hydrogen, carbon capture, freeports and offshore wind proposals for the Humber have all been listed as infrastructure projects to be ‘accelerated as fast as possible’ by the Chancellor.
The East Coast Cluster - which brings together huge regional decarbonisation projects for industrial zones in both Humber and Tees - is flagged for fuel switching and the sequestering of CO2, when it comes to Kwasi Kwarteng’s The Growth Plan 2022. So too is SSE Thermal and Equinor’s joint plan for Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage - which comes under the ECC umbrella. It builds on an existing gas facility that features nine underground salt caverns - each the size of St Paul’s Cathedral.
Offshore, remaining Round Three projects, Round Four projects and existing wind farm extensions are also highlighted, with Orsted’s Hornsea Four in planning and RWE’s Dogger Bank South and plans from Total Energies and Green Investment Group in development, all anchored off the Energy Estuary.
