Essar Energy Transition (EET) on Friday launched EET Hydrogen Power, Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant (CHP) to be built at its Stanlow refinery, with the aim of completing construction in 2027.
The investment will support EET Fuels’ ambition to become the lowest carbon process refinery, globally and EET Hydrogen’s ambition to become the leading low-carbon hydrogen producer in the UK. It will also provide low-carbon power to other industrial users in the region to support their decarbonisation targets.
EET Hydrogen Power will become an independent vertical under EET. EET Hydrogen Power will be developed over two phases to reach a capacity of 125 MW of power with 6,000
tonnes per day of steam, with the hydrogen replacing hydrocarbons delivering a reduction of 740,000 tonne of carbon dioxide per annum.
The new plant will replace Stanlow’s existing boiler units, which currently generate approximately 50MW of power for the refinery operations. The plant is integral to the decarbonisation of operations at EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery, which plans to cut total emissions by 95 per cent by 2030, to become the world’s lowest carbon refinery.
