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UK's first major hydrogen storage project to be based near Glasgow
The UK government has awarded £9.4mn for a new hydrogen storage project located at the UK’s largest onshore wind farm near Glasgow. The backing will boost the Whitelee green hydrogen project, using wind power to develop the UK’s largest electrolyser, for conversion of water into hydrogen as a way to store energy.
The project will be located alongside ScottishPower’s Whitelee wind farm. Developed by ITM Power and BOC in conjunction with ScottishPower’s hydrogen division, the state-of-the-art facility will be able to produce 2.5–4.5 t/d of green hydrogen, that once stored could provide the equivalent of enough zero-carbon fuel for 225 buses.
‘This first-of-a-kind hydrogen facility will put Scotland at the forefront of plans to make the UK a world-leading hydrogen economy… while also helping decarbonise local transport following the historic COP26 talks,’ said Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Hands.
The funding, under the BEIS Energy Innovation Portfolio, will see the British Standards Institution (BSI) develop technical standards for hydrogen products, and a consortium comprising Energy and Utility Skills and the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers establish new standards and training specifications to facilitate the training of hydrogen gas installers.
The UK government maintains that the Whitelee project will propel the UK’s green industrial revolution and create highly-skilled jobs in Glasgow and at ITM Power’s location in Sheffield supporting green growth.
