Could this be good for us ?12 Apr 2021 12:00
April 12 (Reuters) - ScottishPower, a subsidiary of Spanish
utility Iberdrola, has submitted a planning application
for a 20 megawatt (MW) green hydrogen plant, powered by a
combined solar and battery unit near Glasgow, it said on Monday.
It will be the UK's biggest such unit to date and able to
produce up to 8 tonnes of hydrogen per day, roughly equivalent
to fuelling over 550 buses to travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh
and back again each day, ScottishPower said.
Located close to the Whitelee onshore wind farm on the
outskirts of Glasgow, the application also covered a combined
solar and battery energy storage scheme, with up to 40 MW and 50
MW capacity respectively, to help power the unit.
Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water molecules with
a current of renewable electricity and it is touted as a clean
replacement for fossil fuels in industries that are otherwise
hard to decarbonise.
ScottishPower expects a decision on the planning application
in autumn 2021, with the project aiming to supply hydrogen to
the commercial market before 2023, it said.
The facility could support Glasgow City Council as well as
surrounding local authorities and industries in their ambitions
to create a zero emissions vehicle fleet, using only electric
and hydrogen-powered vehicles by the end of 2029, it added.
Britain has a target to reach net zero carbon emissions by
2050 and will host hosting this year's climate talks, COP 26, in
Glasgow.
(Reporting by Nora Buli; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)