EDF Renewables has launched a new green hydrogen project in Teesside, UK, which will be powered by offshore wind and solar. The Tees Green Hydrogen production centre will be located near the former Redcar steelworks.

Governments and energy companies are betting on clean hydrogen to play a leading role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but its future uses and costs are highly uncertain. The UK government aims to produce 5 gigawatts of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 to replace natural gas and power around 3 million homes as well as industry and transport.

The project will use green power from the Teesside offshore wind farm operating near EDF, as well as a new solar farm the company plans to build near Redcar, to power its hydrogen electrolyzers. EDF will work with its joint venture partner and sister company, Dynamics, to supply hydrogen to local commercial customers to support their decarbonization efforts. Keywords: engineering construction, engineering news

The Teesside offshore wind farm, which has been in operation since 2014, consists of 27 Siemens 2.3MW wind turbines with a total capacity of 62.1MW. EDF Renewables owns 51% of the wind farm, with the remaining 49% controlled by Dalmore Capital Limited and Pensions Infrastructure Platform. Teesside is the first offshore wind farm to be developed, engineered and constructed entirely under the leadership of the EDF Group of companies.Editor/XingWentao