BP is planning its first green hydrogen project in the UK, a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the North East of England that could deliver up to 500Mwe (megawatt electrical input) of hydrogen production ‎by 2030.

HyGreen Teesside is expected to match production to demand ‎and build on experience, with BP aiming to start production by 2025, with an initial ‎phase of some 60MWe of installed hydrogen production capacity. A final investment decision on the ‎project is expected in 2023.‎

The plant is expected to fuel the development of Teesside into the UK’s first major hydrogen ‎transport hub, leading the way for large-scale decarbonisation of heavy transport, airports, ports and ‎rail in the UK.

The combined 1.5GW capacity of HyGreen Teesside and H2Teesside could deliver 30 per cent of the UK ‎government’s target of developing 5GW of hydrogen production by 2030. Industries in Teesside ‎account for over 5 per cent of the UK’s industrial emissions and the region is home to five of the country’s ‎top 25 emitters.

BP’s blue and green hydrogen projects in Teesside, together with the proposed net-zero Teesside ‎power project, is expected to further support economic development and regeneration in Teesside, and the company has already announced a series of memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with potential industrial ‎customers for hydrogen in the Teesside area, including both existing and planned operations. BP has also recently ‎signed an MoU with Daimler Truck to pilot both the development of hydrogen infrastructure and the ‎introduction of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks in the UK.‎

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