H2H Saltend The first step to a Zero Carbon Humber The UK’s ambitious climate targets deserve equally ambitious solutions that build on UK strengths. This project represents a bold but practical first step towards delivering the world’s first net zero industrial cluster by 2040. This is an unparalleled project, location and partnership that can play a leading role in the UK’s journey to net zero by 2050, renew the UK’s largest industrial cluster, and unlock technology that will put the UK at the forefront of a global hydrogen economy. Irene Rummelhoff Executive Vice President, Marketing, Midstream & Processing (MMP) Equinor This project forms part of the Zero Carbon Humber vision to build the world’s first zero carbon industrial cluster and decarbonise the North of England. www.zerocarbonhumber.co.uk 1 The Humber industrial cluster 4 The reward: opportunities for The Humber represents the greatest opportunity for a global trade Putting the Humber at decarbonised industrial hub and a hydrogen economy in The H2H Saltend project will open up new export the UK. Deploying low carbon hydrogen infrastructure opportunities for hydrogen and low carbon chemicals. in the region will demonstrate UK leadership in the Race The Humber’s location provides easy access to world the heart of the UK’s low to Zero. As the UK’s largest industrial cluster by size, markets via the Port of Hull and the Port of Immingham. emissions and geography, it offers significant potential, This offers the UK the opportunity to become a world and is close to the UK’s most extensive geological CO 2 leader in the trade and export of low carbon products storage in the Southern North Sea. into a global marketplace, and share expertise built carbon future and a global up in the region. 2 The kick-starter: the H2H Saltend hydrogen economy. project 5 The advantage: practical experience As part of the Zero Carbon Humber ambition, the in low carbon Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend) project is a Equinor is a leader in low carbon technologies and has fitting way to launch the decarbonisation of the region. the necessary experience and expertise to deliver the Anchored at Saltend Chemicals Park, a cluster of H2H Saltend project. Equinor has been investing in low world-class chemicals and renewable energy businesses, carbon energy solutions for more than 20 years, and Why the Humber? H2H Saltend is one of the H2H Saltend will facilitate the deployment of owns and operates the only two commercial Carbon infrastructure for blue hydrogen and CO emissions 2 Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in Europe. Equinor The Humber region is rich in industrial first of its kind in the UK. at the heart of the Humber industrial cluster. supplies natural gas to the UK with one of the lowest expertise and diversity at a scale that carbon footprints in the industry and is building the is unrivalled anywhere else in the UK. world’s largest offshore wind farm in the UK at H2H Saltend will build upon the Humber’s The first demonstrator of 3 The switch: growing hydrogen across Dogger Bank with SSE. unique qualities and its geography to st blue hydrogen at scale to the Humber deploy and grow the UK’s first low carbon switch existing power and infrastructure for hydrogen and carbon 1 industry to low carbon fuel. Blue hydrogen production can be scaled up to allow 6 The vision: a Zero Carbon Humber timely fuel switching by users across the Humber. dioxide (CO2) emissions. It can form the basis for a developed hydrogen market, The Humber is united in its ambition to decarbonise and The first at-scale production including for growing levels of green hydrogen, and in the committed to leading the way to a net zero and hydrogen st of low carbon chemicals. longer run help start a global trade of hydrogen. Critical future. Home to a huge variety of industries and world- Why hydrogen? 1 industries across the region will be able to connect into leading businesses, the region represents a diverse the hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure as it grows, and partnership coming together to deliver the world’s first Switching from fossil fuels to low carbon either fuel switch or capture their emissions. decarbonised industrial cluster and a Zero Carbon Humber. H₂ hydrogen is pivotal in launching the UK on The UK’s first low carbon its way to net zero by 2050. Hydrogen st infrastructure for hydrogen provides a practical, scalable solution to and CO emissions. Growing impact at every step 2 decarbonise existing industries that 1 currently depend on fossil fuels. An H2H Saltend project timeline established hydrogen economy in the Humber is well-positioned to support the Local results Regional impact UK’s future decarbonisation, with endless possibilities to adapt. Why Equinor? Experience matters. Equinor has over 20 years’ experience in safely storing carbon emissions and producing hydrogen from natural gas. Equinor has supplied energy 2021–2023 2024–2026 2026–2027 2027–2028 2027–2029 2030–2035 to the UK for over 35 years and is proud Project matured Engineering and H2H Saltend Expansion across Design and Triton Power to be part of the Zero Carbon Humber to final investment build of H2H Saltend producing low carbon the Humber with development converted to alliance that seeks to make the region the decision through anchor project hydrogen for use as hydrogen supplies of additional 100% hydrogen. UK’s first net zero industrial cluster. private and and low carbon fuel at Triton Power providing blending production plants public support. infrastructure. and Saltend optionality to at Saltend to Saltend Chemicals Chemicals Park. facilities including expand hydrogen Park reaches Keadby Clean production. net zero carbon Low carbon chemicals Power Hub. emissions. production underway. CO2 transport and storage infrastructure taking captured CO2 and storing it safely offshore. 04 Equinor H2H Saltend Equinor H2H Saltend 05 As specified in the Paris Agreement, The time to act is now. In its substantial The time to act is now. 10 million we must limit the rise of global average report, Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to temperatures to well below 2°C in order stopping global warming, The Committee tonnes to limit the harmful effects of global on Climate Change stressed the need The UK must grow its economy while The UK Committee on warming. To do this, we must reduce the to replace fossil fuels with cleaner Climate Change has volume of greenhouse gases that are alternatives. At-scale production of low delivering on its net zero ambition. recommended that two released into the atmosphere. carbon hydrogen is needed by 2030 industrial clusters should capture at least 10 million alongside Carbon Capture and Storage tonnes per year of CO CO emissions are one of the key (CCS) infrastructure in order to achieve A high value, low carbon recovery is 2 2 by 2030, and at least one contributors to global warming. Some of the UK’s 2050 net zero target. There is of them should involve the biggest emitters are energy-intensive now a race against time to deploy low the answer. substantial production of industrial clusters. The Humber is the carbon infrastructure and utilise the low carbon hydrogen. The Humber represents the UK’s largest industrial cluster and alone most effective technologies to make UK’s best opportunity to emits over one third of the emissions from the greatest reduction in CO2 emissions. develop the world’s first the UK’s six largest industrial clusters. hydrogen economy. Decarbonising industrial clusters In addition to climate change Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to significantly reduces emissions while commitments, countries are prioritising stopping global warming protecting existing jobs, creating new cleaner, sustainable economic growth ones and positioning the UK to trade in after the devastating impact of the the growing green products market. global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Local economies and industrial hubs across the UK have been affected. A low carbon economic recovery is needed to drive growth while staying on track to Countdown achieve climate targets. The challenge The solution to net zero Delivering a low carbon A switch to hydrogen recovery An ambitious target requires ambitious Blue hydrogen is low but real-world solutions. Decarbonising The UK government has set an ambitious carbon hydrogen industrial clusters can be delivered produced from natural target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through at-scale hydrogen production, gas with the associated to net zero by 2050. One of the key focus CO captured and safely enabling fuel switching from unabated 2 areas for policy is the decarbonisation of stored. Green hydrogen fossil fuels to low carbon hydrogen. This industrial clusters and their significant is low carbon hydrogen journey is achievable through a blue single-source emitters. produced by electrolysis hydrogen expansion strategy to create of water using a hydrogen market, facilitating the entry of renewable electricity. The UK's Industrial Decarbonisation growing amounts of green hydrogen over Challenge aims to develop and deploy low time. This is exactly what the Hydrogen to carbon technologies in order to accelerate Humber concept will achieve, with H2H the cost-effective decarbonisation of Saltend acting as the kick-starter project industry. By the mid-2020s, low carbon Fuel to decarbonise the entire industrial cluster. infrastructure will be deployed at scale, switch boosting the competitiveness of key Fuel switching is the industrial regions. process of changing current fuel sources to greener alternatives. For example, a power station that burns natural gas can be fuel-switched in whole or in part to hydrogen, lowering its carbon footprint. 06 Equinor H2H Saltend Equinor H2H Saltend 07 The Humber represents a unique opportunity to launch the world’s first 1.