Plans for UK's largest green hydrogen production facility on border of Salford and Trafford tabled
11.05.2022 - 16:51
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Plans for a new green hydrogen production facility as well as a warehouse and storage unit on the Trafford and Salford border have been tabled. If planning permission was granted for Peel NRE Limited, the land west of Manchester Road could see a 19,000sqm industrial warehouse and storage facility in addition to the green hydrogen production facility in the quarry to the north.
The application for the UK’s largest hydrogen production facility, submitted by Trafford Green Hydrogen Ltd, would use renewable energy to produce green hydrogen fuel for transport and heating. It is hoped that this facility will help the Government reach their target of being net zero by 2050.
“This is a technology which uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen,” the planning proposal from Trafford Green Hydrogen said.
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“The hydrogen will be transported by road tanker to users in the Greater Manchester Region. The technology is categorised as a low carbon generation because it utilises renewable electrical energy.
“In addition to the electrolyser technology, the facility will include battery storage, compressors, hydrogen storage and tanker loading facilities. The initial facility, subject to full planning, will comprise a first stage of 10MW capacity, which would produce of the order of four tonnes of hydrogen per day at full output.”
The annual production of hydrogen is estimated at 1,000 tonnes. Further development would see hydrogen storage facilities.
“Working with industry, our ambition is for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy,” the Government's UK