Exolum has planned to construct a green hydrogen production plant and refuelling station in the Tees Valley, UK, as part of the Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem project. The project, which has been awarded £7 million of grant support from the Department for Transport, is expected to be fully operational in 2025.
The planned project will feature the construction of a water electrolyser and a hydrogen refuelling station at Exolum’s Riverside terminal in Stockton-on-Tees, near to Middlesbrough town centre and at the intersection of the strategic A19 and A66 roads. The electrolyser will produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity and will supply both the refuelling station, with a capacity of 1.5 tpd, and other customers in the region using a “hub and spoke” delivery model.
The Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem is a step towards the development of a nationwide network of hydrogen refuelling stations, serving as a model for other regions to deploy similar hydrogen mobility ecosystems. This project will help accelerate the UK’s transition to zero-emission fuel cell vehicles and reduce carbon emissions in line with the UK’s net-zero ambition.
Andrés Suarez, Clean Energies Lead at Exolum said: “At Exolum we want to be a relevant player in green hydrogen technology, which is positioning itself as an efficient energy vector to help decarbonise sectors that are difficult to electrify, such as heavy-duty mobility. This project in the UK comes in addition to others we have under development and others already fully implemented, such as the first hydrogen plant for mobility in Madrid, Spain. Thanks to joint collaboration with other companies, we will be able to offer this new technology to the market to drive the energy transition”.