Statera Energy Plans Utility-Scale Green Hydrogen Project in UK

Wedoany.com Report-Oct 11, UK’s Statera Energy has submitted plans for a utility-scale green hydrogen project to be built in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The project, named Kintore Hydrogen, will help balance a renewables-led power system by using surplus renewable energy to produce green hydrogen, Statera said, claiming that this will be the UK’s “first utility-scale” green hydrogen project and the “largest project of its kind” in Europe.

According to Statera, the first 500 MW of operational capacity is expected to be online by 2028, and when operating at its full, 3 GW capacity Kintore Hydrogen could save up to 1.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

“This project will help balance the UK’s power system, enabling the development of more renewable energy sources like offshore wind. The green hydrogen produced by Kintore Hydrogen could also play an essential role in decarbonising the UK’s carbon-intensive sectors, for example, heavy industry and flexible power generation. Kintore Hydrogen will also provide significant support to the green skills transition. The project is expected to create up to 3,500 jobs during its construction and up to 200 high quality jobs on-site once operational, delivering a projected benefit of £1bn to the UK economy by 2035,” the company stated.