RES and Octopus Energy Generation JV Hyro has submitted a planning application to Flintshire County Council for a green hydrogen project in Wales.
Coleshill Green Hydrogen Project is one of two projects located on existing Kimberly-Clark sites which aim to assist the roll out of this reliable, and cost-competitive source of power for industrial businesses.
The Coleshill Green Hydrogen Project comprises an electrolyser and storage facility on land near Kimberly-Clark’s Coleshill paper mill, off Aber Road, Flint.
The green hydrogen will fuel a new hydrogen-ready boiler, located inside the mill.
The new boiler produces the steam and heat necessary for the paper manufacturing process at the mill and will replace the current boiler which is fuelled by only natural gas.
Iain Buchanan, Development Project Manager for Coleshill Green Hydrogen Project, said: “Green hydrogen projects are a critical component of the broader strategy to deliver energy security and create green economic growth across Wales and the UK.
“Green hydrogen can help to address the urgent need to decarbonise industrial businesses and hard to electrify sectors, setting them up with a cost competitive, clean fuel for the future.”
Oriol Margo, Sustainability Transformation Leader, Kimberly-Clark EMEA, added: “This development at our Coleshill Site in Flint and our partnership with Hyro represents a huge step towards our ambition to move solely to renewable energy to manufacture Andrex, Kleenex, Huggies, WypAll and Scott in the UK by 2030.”
The submission follows pre-application consultation (PAC) undertaken by Hyro in April and May 2023 which enabled specific statutory consultees and members of the public alike, to view details of the proposals, ask questions and provide comments.
Following the PAC, Hyro has examined the comments received and taken these into consideration before finalising the design in the planning application.