H2Teesside goals to be one of many UK’s largest blue hydrogen manufacturing facilitie

bp selects BASF’s carbon seize expertise for blue hydrogen challenge in Teesside. (Image: bp)

bp stated it would use BASF’s gasoline treating expertise, OASE white, to seize carbon dioxide (CO2) generated throughout hydrogen manufacturing at bp’s proposed blue hydrogen facility in Teesside UK.

H2Teesside goals to be one of many UK’s largest blue hydrogen manufacturing amenities, concentrating on 1.2 GW of hydrogen manufacturing by 2030, equating to over 10% of the UK authorities’s hydrogen goal of 10 GW by the identical 12 months. Blue hydrogen is produced from pure gasoline, with the carbon dioxide additionally generated captured for storage.

BASF’s OASE1 white, a confirmed expertise in lots of ammonia, hydrogen and carbon monoxide crops the world over, is designed to offer a CO2 seize price of as much as 99.99%. The steady OASE gasoline therapy course of provides an amine-based solvent agent to the gasoline stream the place it absorbs the CO2. After this, each parts (CO2 and Amine) are separated from the hydrogen wealthy gasoline stream earlier than being separated as soon as extra by fractionation. The CO2 is then despatched for storage and the OASE solvent agent is re-used within the course of.

Carbon seize at H2Teesside might seize and ship for storage of roughly two million tons of CO₂ per 12 months through the bp-led Northern Endurance partnership, the CO2 transportation and storage firm that can ship the onshore and offshore infrastructure wanted to seize carbon from a variety of emitters throughout Teesside and the Humber.

“This agreement marks another critical milestone for H2Teesside as the project builds momentum and continues to move towards commercial operations, planned for 2028,” stated Will Harrison-Cripps, H2Teesside Asset Development Lead at bp. “Along with its sister project HyGreen Teesside, H2Teesside could play a critical role in decarbonizing industry and heavy transport on Teesside, helping to transform the region into a leading hydrogen hub and kickstart the UK’s low carbon hydrogen economy.”

In October 2023, bp additionally introduced it had signed a licensing and engineering settlement for Johnson Matthey’s LCH blue hydrogen expertise, which is able to allow the hydrogen manufacturing ingredient of the method.