UK’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen projects sign contracts

The first commercial-scale green hydrogen projects in the country can now begin construction.

The government has confirmed that 10 projects from the first phase of the Hydrogen Allocation Round have now signed contracts.

The projects will help British industry to move away from using fossil fuels towards domestically-produced low-carbon hydrogen.

They include the Cromarty Hydrogen Project where electrolysers – which use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen – will power local industrial users, including distilleries.

Minister for Industry, Sarah Jones, said:  “This government is rolling out hydrogen out at scale for the first time, with 10 of the first projects now shovel-ready to start powering businesses with clean, homegrown energy from Teesside to Devon. 

“Hydrogen will help us cut industrial emissions and support Britain’s industrial renewal by creating thousands of jobs in our industrial heartlands as part of the Plan for Change.”