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Uniper, Siemens Energy and Partners – Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Bid win for Port of Immingham Decarbonisation Alliance using Hydrogen

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Uniper, Siemens Energy and partners – Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition bid win for Port of Immingham decarbonisation alliance using hydrogen.

Uniper, Siemens Energy, Toyota Tsusho and Associated British Ports (ABP) have successfully secured matched funding from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.

This gives a green light to a feasibility study around the production of green hydrogen which will help develop their vision to decarbonise the Port of Immingham.

The companies plan to develop c. 20MW green hydrogen production for use at the port, either as a direct replacement to diesel and heavy fuel oil, or for the production of clean shipping fuels. Their aim is to tackle the challenge of decarbonising maritime, for which electrification is not a viable solution. Immingham could be the first step in the uptake of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels across the whole maritime sector.

The companies will now undertake a full feasibility study for this exciting project, known as Project Mayflower. The study will review the technical and economic feasibility of reducing port greenhouse gas emissions with hydrogen and develop a clear plan for future development.

It will also assess key areas encompassing the conversion of existing infrastructure, the generation and storage of hydrogen and potential end uses of green hydrogen in and around the port.

Successful completion of the feasibility study could enable a front-end engineering design study (FEED) to start in 2022, with potential financial investment decisions in Green hydrogen production is anticipated by 2025.

Mike Lockett, Uniper UK Country Chairman and Group Chief Commercial Officer Power, commented:

This is excellent news! We’re really pleased that we’ll now be able to progress our feasibility study, with our partners, in this ground-breaking area.

“We believe that hydrogen could be an ideal solution for enabling the decarbonisation of those hard to reach sectors such as transport, heavy industry and maritime”

Steve Scrimshaw, Vice President UK&I, Siemens Energy Ltd, said:

Securing this funding means we will be able to assess the full decarbonisation potential of hydrogen in the maritime sector, which has the potential to be replicated at other ports across the world.

Henrik Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer, Associated British Ports, said:

This successful bid is an exciting and important step in the UK’s journey to Net Zero.

“We believe that hydrogen will be a game-changer for decarbonising maritime and wider industry and we are delighted that ABP’s Port of Immingham can play a pioneering
role.”

Tsuyoshi Iwata, Deputy Managing Director, Toyota Tsusho U.K. Limited, said:

We are very pleased with the result and look forward to working with the partners for
the feasibility study.

“We’re excited to explore the potential for hydrogen to enable the decarbonisation of operations in and around the Port of Immingham.”

“We strongly believe that hydrogen will be a solution to achieve the UK’s target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, and this project will contribute to it.”

Highlights:

  • Uniper, Siemens Energy, Toyota Tsusho and Associated British Ports have successfully secured matched funding from Clean Maritime
  • Demonstration Competition ‘Project Mayflower’ aims to develop decarbonisation model for maritime sector using hydrogen
  • Potential for c.20MW green hydrogen production by 2025
  • Feasibility study to commence this month

READ the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at Hydrogen Central

Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition bid win for Port of Immingham decarbonisation alliance, September 15, 2021

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