Octopus Hydrogen will divert delivery of an electrolyser from Kemble to its Mira project
Octopus Hydrogen scraps Kemble project
UK developer has opted to cancel 1MW project at Kemble and reroute electrolyser to Mira owing to delivery issues with the latter
Octopus Hydrogen, a subsidiary of UK energy group Octopus, has cancelled its Kemble project and diverted the planned 1MW electrolyser to its project at the Mira Technology Park in Nuneaton, CEO Will Rowe tells Hydrogen Economist. The Mira project was due to come online in Q3 last year, but Octopus has cancelled its order with the electrolyser supplier for the project, Clean Power Hydrogen, owing to delays in delivery. “The technology was not mature enough,” Rowe says. “We have had to divert the electrolyser for our Kemble project, which was scheduled for delivery in March, to Mira,” he says. The diverted electrolyser will be supplied by Denmark’s Green Hydrogen Systems, which uses “pressuris
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