This is what green hydrogen production facilities could look like on the Humber.
A first visualisation of Gigastack, the huge project to produce zero carbon fuel with electricity generated from offshore wind, has been released.
It comes as the government-backed project partners - ITM Power, Ørsted, Phillips 66 and Element Energy - close in on the completion of the front-end engineering design study.
The Gigastack project aims to create a blueprint for the deployment of industry-scale renewable hydrogen from offshore wind, to be used as a replacement for carbon intensive fuels, greening up some of the most polluting activity.
Jamie McMaster, project manager at ITM Power, said: “ITM is delighted to be developing the technology that will be at the core of what is currently the most advanced large-scale electrolyser project globally - a project that will help push what is possible both in the 海角视频 and global electrolyser market.
“Working alongside project colleagues at Phillips 66, Ørsted, and Element Energy has been a deeply rewarding experience – one that has provided huge insights about the future energy demands of this country and how we can meet them.
"All of this whilst at the same time decarbonising our industry. I very much look forward to actually building Gigastack and demonstrating how electrolysers can be rapidly deployed to start decarbonising hard to abate sectors.”
The study has enabled the team to gain valuable, in-depth knowledge of what is required to construct a hydrogen electrolysis facility at scale and the challenges that lay ahead.
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It has covered water supply access, high voltage electrical substation and refinery pipework integration and planning and permitting processes. It is proposed to sit just off the Phillips 66 plant at South Killingholme.
Brian Geertsen, technical project manager at Ørsted, said: “This really highlights the amazing story of Gigastack – taking an idea, bringing together the right people (virtually), maturing it in people’s home offices, to create something that looks almost ready for construction.
“The entire technical team has put a part of their soul in the project to make it work. Endless Teams conversations, late night calls and messages to clear out any misunderstandings or frustrations.
"Phillips 66 with their expertise of how to run a mega-industrial plant, ITM Power in the scale up phase of their technology development feeding information in real time, Worley, trying to create a design based on information often not available, the Ørsted team in being flexible to assist in areas normally far outside their scope. It has been an amazing effort by everyone.”
The current regulatory landscape has also been explored, with desire for a framework that can help renewable hydrogen reach its true potential and with the flexibility required for a rapidly evolving market.
Phil Gothard, project manager at Phillips 66, said: “Consortium working has huge benefits of bringing the expertise of companies together and has resulted in something we can be proud of, something that will have such positive impacts on the region and technology that can be shared. Although the consortium consists of different companies, we all hold the same values and objectives to make a real difference.”