Blue hydrogen needs four key ingredients
Four factors are essential for success, says BP executive, who says the firm’s H2 Teesside project ticks all the boxes
Blue hydrogen projects need four key factors to be in place to succeed, according to Matt Williamson, vice-president of blue hydrogen at BP. The four are a good gas supply, a CO₂ store, regular offtake and supportive regional and national governments. “A great blue hydrogen project needs these four ingredients,” said Williamson at consultancy Wood Mackenzie’s hydrogen conference. He cites BP’s H2 Teesside as a project that ticks all of the boxes. H2 Teesside has a terminal receiving gas from the UK central North Sea and is able to store gas in the Endurance field as part of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP)—a programme led by BP to store 10mn t/yr CO₂. BP has also signed agreements wi
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