The facility will be located next to the Saltend Chemicals Park
Equinor submits H2H Saltend for approval
Application has backing of six industrial operators and support from local organisations
Equinor has formally submitted plans for its H2H Saltend blue hydrogen production facility—part of the Zero Carbon Humber industrial cluster—for government approval alongside two other low-carbon projects. In October, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced that the East Coast Cluster, of which Zero Carbon Humber forms a part, was one of two successful national bids in the first track of its £1bn ($1.35bn) carbon capture and storage competition. Following that successful bid—which was largely about selecting which regional infrastructure would be used—individual decarbonisation projects within the cluster must now apply for approval for construction and conn
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