ScottishPower, with Hutchison Ports, is exploring the opportunity to develop, build and operate a 100MW green hydrogen plant at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk.
The green hydrogen produced will be used to decarbonise such as road and rail transport as well industrial activities in the region.
The project aims to continue engineering and site development works to align with customer demand from 2025 onwards.
Barry Carruthers, Hydrogen Director at ScottishPower, said: “This strategically important project could potentially create a clean fuels hub that could unlock nationally significant decarbonisation for the region, as well as playing a role in international markets.
“It’s perfectly located not far from our existing and future offshore wind farms in the East Anglia region and demonstrates how renewable electricity and green hydrogen can now start to help to decarbonise road, rail, shipping and industry.”
The partners intend to develop the infrastructure with potential to create liquid forms, such as green ammonia or e-methanol.
This could, in turn, provide clean fuels for shipping and aviation, and create opportunities for cost-effective export to international markets.
Therese Coffey, the local MP for Suffolk Coastal, added: “I warmly welcome Hutchison Ports’ and Scottish Power’s joint plans to explore opportunities for a large-scale hydrogen hub at the Port of Felixstowe, providing green fuel at the UK’s largest container port.
“It’s schemes like this – and investment from industry as well as government – which is crucial for us to reach net zero by 2050.”