| Emissions reduction
Location of Net Zero Teesside, Zero Carbon Humber and the Northern Endurance Partnership
in the North Sea fossil industry, which can potentially be transferrable to the offshore wind and hydrogen sectors; the danger is that it fails to make that transition. The ‘Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub’ aims to deliver a commercially scalable and investable, growth- focussed hydrogen production site making use of the region’s offshore wind resources. The Aberdeen Hub has won £4.5 million funding from the Scottish government’s £62 million Energy Transition Fund (ETF) which has been invested in hydrogen buses, to provide predictable hydrogen demand.
A hydrogen strategy is a step forward and BEIS has maintained plans to establish CCUS in two industrial clusters by the mid 2020s in its new strategy. Has it pulled forward any projects?
Go big, go centralised? Blue hydrogen and CCGTs
Two consortia have taken the significant step of submitting applications for development consent to the Planning Inspectorate, the body responsible for processing and managing consents for large infrastructure projects in
England. Once accepted by the Inspectorate, the consenting process has, in theory, to adhere to a strict timetable: three months for interested parties to make representations; six months for the Inspectorate to carry out an examination; three months to produce a recommendation report for the Secretary of State; and three months for the Secretary of State to make a decision. The timetable has been extended before – a decision on the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm was delayed by 18 months while further work was carried out on seabird effects.
Above: Potential participants in Net Zero Teesside
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