BP has signed a joint venture agreement with Aberdeen City Council to develop the Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub in the Scottish city in response to rising demand.
To be developed in three phrases, the city hydrogen hub will be built as a scalable green hydrogen production, storage and distribution facility. It will be powered by renewable energy, said BP.
Phase one will see the development of a green hydrogen production and transport refuelling facility. It will be powered by a solar power plant. Aimed to begin production from 2024, phase one of the project is estimated to deliver more than 800kg of green hydrogen per day.
The JV, to be named BP Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy, will invest £3m towards initial design work. A final investment decision for the phase one facility build is anticipated to be taken in early 2023.
According to BP, future phases could involve the scaling up of production by further investment for supplying larger volumes of green hydrogen for rail, marine and freight. The produced hydrogen will also be used for heat and possibly export.
The increased availability of domestic renewable energy sources, including developments resulting from the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, are expected to facilitate the expansion of the facility.
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