Black & Veatch has completed a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for ScottishPower’s Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project, which will produce renewable hydrogen using power from the UK’s largest onshore wind farm.
The project, located 15 miles south of Glasgow, will generate green hydrogen via proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis powered by ScottishPower’s 539MW Whitelee wind farm.
ScottishPower said the first phase of the project has secured support through the UK government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 1 (HAR1) funding process.
The initial 10MW of electrolysis capacity is designed to produce zero-carbon hydrogen fuel for use in transport and industrial applications, supporting the UK’s net-zero goals.
Black & Veatch’s FEED study also includes a conceptual design for a second 10MW phase of electrolysis, which has been shortlisted for the government’s HAR2 funding round.
The scope of the FEED covers all balance of plant components, including hydrogen compression and a tube-trailer dispensing station, alongside the OEM electrolyser package design.
Mark Bradley, hydrogen director at ScottishPower Green Hydrogen Limited, said: “ScottishPower develops green hydrogen responsibly and we selected Black & Veatch because of their decades of experience in hydrogen and strong commitment to safety.
“We take a holistic development approach, consulting with local stakeholders to ensure we are able to successfully develop low-carbon sources of energy for our customers.”
Black & Veatch is also the engineering, procurement and construction provider for the Advanced Clean Energy Storage I project in Utah, a large-scale green hydrogen hub in the US.
Youssef Merjaneh, senior vice president and managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Black & Veatch, said: “Our clients entrust us to help engineer and deploy innovative, bankable green hydrogen energy infrastructure to transition them to lower carbon solutions.
“This innovative project will produce green hydrogen from adjacent onshore wind as part of the UK government’s HAR funding programme, and we look forward to continued collaboration with the ScottishPower team.”
Globally, Black & Veatch has completed over 200 front-end loading studies for hydrogen projects and is supporting 245MW of green hydrogen capacity currently under construction.