Supporting the decarbonisation of industry across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and beyond
Saltend Chemicals Park, Hull
The Humber is building on its reputation as the UK’s energy estuary by developing into a world leading renewables and low carbon energy hub of the future, helping to reignite the industrial heart lands of the region. Decarbonising the Humber has already brought much needed direct and supply chain jobs as well as develop local skills and work force developments, supported by the regions schools, colleges and universities.
Hydrogen is an important part of this low carbon future, and infrastructure such as the Humber Hydrogen Pipeline is required to transport it between where it is produced, to where it is used, and where it is stored. It will help continue the significant investment in the area and play a crucial role in the continued development of the new low carbon energy industry in the region.
The ambition for the decarbonisation of the Humber is to transform the UK’s most carbon intensive industrial cluster into a net zero region whilst future-proofing industries, creating jobs and delivering new opportunities. In turn, the Humber Hydrogen Pipeline can help to unlock a wider hydrogen economy in the UK.
The Humber Hydrogen Pipeline will extend up to 54 km across the Holderness area of East Riding of Yorkshire and pass under the River Humber to North Lincolnshire. The pipeline will connect:
The pipeline will include a crossing of the Humber to enable a further connection to industry.
This interactive map allows you to review early plans for the corridor in which the pipeline is proposed to be located and key locations where the hydrogen will be produced and used.
To navigate the map, you can click and drag with your mouse or touch and drag on mobile devices. To zoom in and out on a computer, use your mouse scroll wheel or the zoom tools located in the top left corner of the screen. On mobile devices, zoom by pinching the screen.
Details of the map layers are available in the 'layer list' found in the legend at the top right. You can toggle map layers on and off by clicking the eye icon next to each layer name. On the left side of the screen, you can choose your preferred basemap using the 'basemap' tool, and measure distances with the 'measurement tool'. Additionally, you can search for a postcode or address using the search function.
Equinor is one of the country’s leading energy providers, supplying natural gas, oil and electricity. It is developing the H2H Saltend low-carbon hydrogen production plant that is one of the key catalyst projects for a future net zero Humber region. It is collaborating with SSE Thermal and Centrica Energy Storage+ on low-carbon power projects using hydrogen and carbon capture in the Humber and is a partner in the Northern Endurance Partnership, developing CO2 transport and storage infrastructure for the East Coast Cluster, comprising the Humber and Teesside.
SSE Thermal is part of SSE plc and is on a mission to deliver the flexible energy needed today while powering the transition to net zero. Its flexible generation and gas storage sites play a crucial role in keeping the lights on across the UK and Ireland and the company is rising to the low-carbon challenge with its teams at the cutting-edge of vital technologies including hydrogen and carbon capture. As the UK and Ireland's clean energy champion, SSE could invest in excess of £40bn across the next decade in low-carbon energy infrastructure.
Centrica Energy Storage+ (CES+) operates the Easington onshore gas processing terminal in East Yorkshire and Rough gas storage facility in the Southern North Sea. A part of Centrica Plc, CES+ plays a key role in supporting Centrica’s plans to bolster the UK’s energy security by storing both natural gas and hydrogen. These plans will be supported by wider energy transition ambitions for low carbon hydrogen production and fuel-switching existing operations to hydrogen.
