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Unilever to Start Tests on Switching UK Facility to Hydrogen

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Unilever to start tests on switching UK facility to hydrogen.

[BNNBloomberg] Unilever Plc is starting tests on switching one of its U.K. facilities to using hydrogen, as industries eye moving away from using fossil fuels.

The trial is part of an initiative known as HyNet North West, which aims to deliver hydrogen to some homes and businesses in northern England from 2026, with the carbon emissions moved by pipeline for storage in depleted oil and gas fields.

Unilever, a manufacturer of consumer goods such as cosmetics, will be among the first companies to run tests on the feasibility of using hydrogen at its Port Sunlight plant, in northwest England, according to Rachel Perry, one of the group’s project managers.

Rachel Perry

We are working on increasing production and increasing storage.

Perry said at a conference on Thursday, adding that to begin with, buyers would use a blend of hydrogen and natural gas.

Industrial users are looking at hydrogen as a substitute for gas to drive turbines or other processes which can’t run on renewable electricity, as Europe’s energy crunch has sent prices soaring in recent months and forced some fertilizer and chemicals companies to halt or scale back output. Pilkington, a U.K. glassmaker and unit of Nippon Sheet Glass Co., has also been testing hydrogen, Hynet’s Perry told delegates at the conference. Thanks for staying up to date with Hydrogen Central.

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Unilever to Start Tests on Switching U.K. Facility to Hydrogen, January 28, 2022

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