First phase of 'strategically important' Inverness Hydrogen Hub is complete
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The completion of the first phase of the Inverness hydrogen hub project has been welcomed by Highland Council leader Raymond Bremner who underlined how “strategically important” the project is.
SGN Commercial Services has dismantled the city’s gas holder, paving the way to convert the site into a future green hydrogen storage and distribution facility.
H2 Green will now ramp up efforts at the Harbour Road site where it will supply green hydrogen directly to large volume customers like rail, bus, and HGVs.
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The hub is expected to deliver eight tonnes of hydrogen a day in the medium term, which could service the equivalent of 800 HGVs and have the capacity to reduce carbon emissions by 30,000 tonnes annually.
Hydrogen generation can also provide zero-carbon heat and medical-grade oxygen for hospitals, aquaculture and water treatment works in the area.
Inverness is to be the first site developed by H2 Green and SGN after they penned a Memorandum of Understanding in January last year to explore the creation of 21 SGN hydrogen supply hubs across Scotland and England.
Green hydrogen is produced when an electrolyser is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. If the electrolyser is powered by a renewable source, such as solar or wind, the resulting hydrogen is green, and the only by-product is oxygen.
H2 Green is also aiming to assist Eversholt Rail with the introduction of hydrogen powered trains in Scotland and the train operator sees Inverness as a key strategic refuelling station.
Council Bremner said: “I am delighted to see the progress being made by H2 Green and SGN on the new hydrogen hub for Inverness.
“Their continued commitment to this project highlights how strategically important Highland is to H2 Green as part of its development of green hydrogen in Scotland.
“This development feels even more real now with the completion of the first phase and will see Inverness become one of the first cities in the UK to establish commercial production of green hydrogen. It will also bring benefits to the wider Highland region.
“This presents huge economic and decarbonisation potential and it’s very exciting to see Highland and H2 Green play a pioneering role in the transition to zero carbon fuel sources.”
