Planning permission has been granted by North Lincolnshire Council (NLC), for a new low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Killingholme. Uniper’s Humber H2ub^® (Green) project is planned to be located on land at Uniper’s existing Killingholme power station site.

Once constructed, the electrolytic (green) hydrogen production facility will have an installed electrolyzer capacity of 120 MWe,  with the potential for future expansion of a further 200 MWe+.

A planning application for the project was submitted to NLC by Uniper last October, following a program of public consultation, and a decision to grant permission was made on 20 March.  The project has also been shortlisted in the UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 (HAR2) program.

"This is an important milestone for the Humber H2ub (Green) project and another step towards realizing industrial scale low carbon hydrogen production in the Humber. We would like to thank North Lincolnshire Council and all those who came forward to share their views throughout the consultation process. This feedback is incredibly valuable, and we will be continuing to engage with stakeholders as the project progresses," said Guy Phillips, Team Lead, Business Development Hydrogen for Uniper in the UK.

The project was shortlisted in the UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 (HAR2) program last April.

Once the  facility is operational, the hydrogen, which will be in line with the government’s Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard, is intended to be supplied to Phillips 66 Limited’s Humber Refinery from 2029. This is part of Phillips 66 Limited's wider plans to reduce Scope 1 emissions at the refinery.