FAQs
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What is H2NorthEast?
H2NorthEast is a partnership between Kellas Midstream and SSE Thermal with ambitions to build a 1GW CCS-enabled low carbon hydrogen production facility on Teesside, next to Kellas’ CATS gas terminal.
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How does H2NorthEast support the UK’s net zero goals?
H2NorthEast would have one of the lowest carbon intensities of any blue hydrogen plant and would play a key role in helping the UK achieve its clean power ambitions. It would support industrial decarbonisation through the supply of affordable low carbon hydrogen to energy-intensive industries across Teesside.
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What benefits would the project bring?
H2NorthEast would bring significant economic and environmental benefits to Teesside and the wider UK. It could unlock sizeable investment, significantly contribute to the local economy, support thousands of jobs for the region, capture 2m tonnes of CO2 annually, and contribute 10% of the UK government’s hydrogen production target.
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What is blue hydrogen, and why is it important?
H2NorthEast would use natural gas from CATS to create low carbon blue hydrogen that could heat and power local industry. The process of producing blue hydrogen creates CO2 which is captured at source and securely stored. Blue hydrogen technology can be implemented now, and at the scale needed to help the UK transition to clean energy, compared to producing hydrogen from renewable sources which is currently limited by small unit size, grid connections and higher investment and operating costs.
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Why is Teesside a key location for blue hydrogen production?
The Tees Valley has a significant cluster of large-scale energy intensive industries at the heart of its economy that can utilise low carbon blue hydrogen to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys, making Teesside an ideal location to build CCS and hydrogen supply infrastructure.
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How does H2NorthEast fit within the East Coast Cluster?
H2NorthEast is part of the East Coast Cluster (ECC), one of the UK’s first carbon capture and storage clusters comprising the Teesside and Humber industrial regions that account for around 50% of carbon emissions from all the UK’s industrial clusters. It offers the single biggest opportunity to accelerate large-scale industrial decarbonisation in the UK. H2NorthEast would utilise the ECC for CO2 transportation and storage through the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP).
