The North East's leading position on hydrogen has been hailed followed the inclusion of two regional projects in phase two of the Government's Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Cluster (CCUS) Sequencing Process.
Kellas Midstream’s H2NorthEast development and bp’s H2Teesside - both part of The Northern Endurance Partnership’s East Coast Cluster - now stand to benefit from a £1bn fund designed to support projects carbon transport and storage projects. Process industry cluster NEPIC has highlighted the North East's strength in the field, also pointing to the large scale BOC hydrogen plant that supplies businesses and several other green hydrogen projects in the region.
Philip Aldridge, CEO at NEPIC said: "The BEIS Phase-2 announcement is excellent news for our region and really cements the North East as the hydrogen hub of the UK and a global ‘Super Place’ for hydrogen. Almost half of the UK’s Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) projects are based in the North East, which demonstrates our commitment to lead on CCUS initiatives.
