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BP abandons large-scale hydrogen project in England

Het streven was destijds om 1,2 gigawatt aan waterstof te produceren in het Britse Teesside. Foto: Shutterstock

BP has decided to abandon its H2Teesside hydrogen project in northern England. The decision follows changes in local plans for the area and is part of the company’s change in direction, which is shifting its focus to oil and gas production. This is reported by several media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and BBC.

BP is abandoning its H2Teesside hydrogen project partly because of changes at the site in Teesside, UK. The company referred to plans for a data centre that were pushed forward and led to a dispute over the same piece of land. Because the data centre project did receive support from local authorities and the UK government’s decision on the application had been delayed, the hydrogen plan came under pressure.

BP’s decision to abandon the project comes at a time when the company is also scaling back its efforts to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy and is again betting on oil and gas production in an attempt to convince investors. Earlier, BP also decided to pull out of a hydrogen project in Australia.

The project in northern England was presented in 2021 with the aim of becoming one of the UK’s largest hydrogen production sites. The aim at the time was to produce 1.2 gigawatts of hydrogen, accounting for 10 per cent of the UK government’s 2030 target.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Nina Koelewijn

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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