Equinor have announced that our LCH™ technology will be used in their H2H Saltend project on Jan 30th,2023; a 600-megawatt low carbon hydrogen production plant with carbon capture.
It's the first of its kind and scale, helping to establish the Humber region in the UK, as an international hub for low carbon hydrogen. The plant design will use Linde Engineering's hydrogen and air separation technologies, which will be combined with our LCH™ technology.
Due to be operational by 2027 and sited at the energy intensive Saltend Chemicals Park, to the east of Hull, it will help to reduce the park's emissions by up to one third. To achieve this, low carbon hydrogen will directly replace natural gas in several industrial facilities reducing the carbon intensity of their products. The amount of CO2 stored will be around 890,000 tonnes per year equivalent to taking about 500,000 cars off the road annually
H2H Saltend is the latest project to select our LCH technology – a key growth driver for our Catalyst Technologies business. Our LCH technology is already being used in the HyNet project, and we have other exciting projects in the pipeline. Alongside progress in projects we recently announced collaborations with Honeywell and 8 Rivers, broadening the technical offerings for our customers.
Alberto Giovanzana, Chief Commercial Officer of Catalyst Technologies says: "Hydrogen will play an important role in helping us reduce carbon emissions. Using Johnson Matthey's LCH™ technology for this project will enable the production of hydrogen with 95% less emissions and demonstrate the UK's leadership in low carbon technologies. Well done to everyone involved."