(Bradford, UK) – British company Hygen Energy Ltd. has received planning permission for a hydrogen production plant in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The site is a former natural gas storage facility owned by Northern Gas Networks. A training and development center will also be attached. Hygen Director Jamie Burns says the company aims to "provide a blueprint for how complex projects like this can be carried out" to boost the UK's green hydrogen economy.
The British project developer N-Gen Energy Solutions Ltd. is responsible for delivering the electrolyzers. been commissioned. The capacity is around 12,5 tons of renewable hydrogen per day. The plant will produce enough to replace 800 diesel buses with zero-emission hydrogen buses. Ryze Hydrogen Ltd. will also supply the energy source to industrial users throughout the region.
City council wants to reduce emissions
The plans go back to 2022. At that time, Bradford City Council announced a “Clean Air Zone”. Together with N-Gen, Hygen and Ryze, the construction of a renewable energy center should be examined to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. According to previous information, up to 21 tons of hydrogen would once be produced per day. The project includes nine fuel pumps for buses and other heavy vehicles, six for cars and storage units with a capacity of nine tons.
Anchor customers include First Bus and TLC Travel Ltd. mentioned, with the First Bus bus depot only 500 meters from the location. There are also JC Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB) and the specialty chemicals producer Solenis UK Ltd., which uses two combined heat and power plants in Bradford that can be operated with hydrogen.
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Sketch of the planned hydrogen center with filling station in Bradford, UK. © Hygen Energy Ltd.
