Humber Hydrogen: £17B Economic Growth Opportunity | Fuel Cells Works

Humber Hydrogen is positioned as a major economic growth opportunity for the UK, with a proposed hub in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. An independent analysis commissioned by Humber Hydrogen, tied to the UK government’s £500 million Hydrogen Transport and Storage Business Model, estimates up to £17 billion in growth and suggests the cluster could support 53,000 jobs during construction and 900 ongoing roles during operations. At peak output, the project would abate up to 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year from the UK’s largest emitting industrial cluster, which currently releases 20 million tonnes annually. The first-of-its-kind hydrogen cluster would be delivered by Centrica, Equinor, National Gas and SSE Thermal, aiming to connect hydrogen production, transport, usage and storage. The article also cites existing regional momentum, including more than 4 GW of hydrogen-to-power investment across six power stations and a mix of blue and green hydrogen projects totaling about 3 GW. It states the Humber accounts for 65% of the UK’s potential new-build hydrogen storage capacity.