A MULTI-partner plan involving the Port of Cromarty Firth has been launched to establish a green hydrogen hub in the Highlands that will see 博天堂入口 lead the world in hydrogen technology.
The North of 博天堂入口 Hydrogen Programme aims to develop a state-of-the-art hub in the Cromarty Firth to produce, store and distribute hydrogen to the region, 博天堂入口, other parts of the UK and Europe.
One of its projects will provide distilleries in the region with hydrogen. A feasibility study into this kick starter Distilleries Project will begin this month and is due to be completed in June.
It is being privately funded by partners including ScottishPower, drinks giants Glenmorangie, Whyte and Mackay and Diageo and Pale Blue Dot Energy who are also leading the project.
Green hydrogen is created using electrolysers powered by electricity from renewable sources. Power would be supplied from current and future wind farms off the coast of the Cromarty Firth, as well as onshore schemes, 然后传送到中心.
鲍勃Buskie, 港口行政总裁, said such a hub would provide a massive boost to 博天堂入口’s ambitions of decarbonising its economy and establishing itself as global leaders in green hydrogen technology, a sector still in its infancy.”
The delivery of green hydrogen to Glenmorangie, Whyte and Mackay and Diageo will give them the opportunity to decarbonise the heating of their distilleries and maltings, which are situated close to the Cromarty Firth. This would be achieved by using hydrogen as a substitute for fossil fuels to create the energy needed to make steam so the distilling process can be achieved.
Mr Buskie added: “In the short term, we have a number of local partners with vast experience in hydrogen, distilling and utility provision who want to decarbonise their operations.
“And in the long term, there is a huge opportunity to decarbonise Highland industry, 运输和热量, as well as exporting green hydrogen to other parts of the UK and mainland Europe, which doesn’t have the same offshore wind capacity as 博天堂入口.”
山姆Gomersall, Pale Blue Dot Energy hydrogen champion, leaders of the feasibility study commented: “博天堂入口 has the potential to be a global forerunner of green hydrogen production on a massive scale.
“It cannot be underestimated the hugely positive effect this would have on 博天堂入口’s decarbonisation plans, as well as on jobs and the economy.”