Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) has established a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with EnergyPathways (LSE:EPP) to assess its hydrogen production facility and integrate it into the Marram Energy Storage Hub (MESH) in northwest England.
The companies will seek to advance the Hazer hydrogen production facility to produce up to 20,000 tonnes of hydrogen per annum with the MESH infrastructure project.
The facility intends to utilise raw materials from MESH to produce, store, and distribute hydrogen, ammonia, and graphite across the northwest of England.
Both parties will assess the production levels of all commodities through upcoming engineering studies.
Hazer CEO Glenn Corrie says the company is delighted to produce affordable, low carbon products by integrating its technologies with EnergyPathways MESH project.
“We welcome the pragmatic approach from the UK Government that recognises and supports various pathways to achieve the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, with the inclusion of technology solutions such as Hazer,” Corrie says.
“This collaboration reflects the growing global momentum behind methane pyrolysis as a scalable clean hydrogen pathway and highlights Hazer’s role in supporting industrial decarbonisation both in the UK and internationally.”
The company will also rely on its strategic alliance with KBR (NYSE:KBR) to manufacture ammonia at the facility.
EnergyPathways CEO Ben Clube says the company is focused on progressing innovative solutions to support the UK’s energy policies through its MESH project.
“The company plans to develop a large-scale clean hydrogen production facility that will bolt onto its MESH integrated storage project, enabling the Company to deliver what we think will be lowest-cost clean hydrogen production in the UK,” Clube says.
“The memorandum of understanding and MESH’s hydrogen facility will offer a line of sight to the cost-effective decarbonisation pathway for scope three emissions associated with future UK gas development projects.”
Clube adds that the scale of hydrogen produced from this agreement will decarbonise its power capability.
The Hazer facility will contribute to the UK hydrogen strategy which intends to increase production to 10 gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen by 2030.
Hydrogen plays a significant role in decreasing the globe’s carbon emissions, by emitting water and heat at a lower emission rate in transportation and power generation sectors.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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