British energy company BP has submitted a bid for its proposed large-scale green hydrogen production facility, HyGreen Teesside, and secured new deals with potential off-takers in the Teesside area.
The aim of the HyGreen Teesside project is to be one of the biggest green hydrogen facilities in the UK, targeting production by 2025 with an initial planned phase of 80MWe of installed hydrogen production capacity.
It could play an important role in the delivery of the UK’s net zero targets and aims to deliver up to 5% of the UK’s hydrogen target of 10GW by 2030 upon reaching its planned expansion of up to 500MWe, BP said.
On 12 October, the British company announced it had submitted a bid for its project to the UK government’s Hydrogen Business Model (HBM) and Net Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF).
In addition, BP signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with…