UK designer submits to build 200MW hydrogen hub

• Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Manchester set to be among the biggest in the nation

Carlton Power subsidiary Trafford Green Hydrogen has actually submitted prepare for a 200MW industrial hydrogen hub in Greater Manchester.

Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park is set to be among the biggest in the UK to be created.

It aims to supply businesses in the Greater Manchester region-- for example those with transport fleets or with heating needs-- with easy accessibility to hydrogen fuel.

Hydrogen is expected to play a major part in decreasing the UK's CO2 discharges, helping the nation's journey towards Net Zero.

In the business transport field, government support for hydrogen fuel is expected to make it simpler for transportation fleet operators to make the button from diesel.

The recommended hub at Trafford Park is being brought forward adhering to the trademark of a MoU in between Carlton Power, Manchester Metropolitan University, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Trafford Council, Cadent Gas and Electricity North West.

The Trafford Green Hydrogen project is Carlton Power's first hydrogen scheme and it has plans to develop as numerous as 10 various other similar projects in the UK over the following 2-5 years.

Subject to the outcome of the planning process and financing, building and construction of the hydrogen hub at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park will begin very early following year and get in business operation in 2023.

The proposed hydrogen hub facility will produce and save hydrogen at range and assistance incorporate renewable energy on a local range via the storage space of solar and wind energy.

It will certainly be located beside among Europe's largest energy storage facilities based upon fluid air storage: the 250MWh Carlton Highview Power project (introduced in June 2020).

Carlton Power president Keith Clarke stated: "The hydrogen center is a crucial element of our Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park.

" Trafford Park is readied to come to be a prototype of tidy energy modern technologies being put to industrial use, placing Greater Manchester at the leading edge of the eco-friendly revolution and the UK's energy shift."

The planning application will certainly be identified by Trafford Council, the regional preparation authority.