Following session with the local people and a current suggestions and data occasion, a planning utility for HyBont inexperienced hydrogen venture in Bridgend has been submitted to Bridgend County Borough Council.
Marubeni Europower’s inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing and refuelling facility at Brynmenyn Industrial Property would help Bridgend County Borough Council’s web zero technique by offering low carbon gasoline that can be utilized domestically, reminiscent of for refuse assortment autos and buses.
There may be additionally potential for an Ynysawdre warmth community, which would offer a low carbon and cost-effective option to warmth native faculties and neighborhood services; that is being assessed by the Council’s decarbonisation venture crew.
The inexperienced hydrogen will likely be produced utilizing renewable power, and the plans embrace a photo voltaic farm at Bryncethin, which can present a proportion of the facility wanted.
This newest milestone follows the HyBont venture being shortlisted within the newest spherical of allocations for the UK Authorities’s Internet Zero Hydrogen Fund, which helps the event of inexperienced hydrogen initiatives within the UK.
George Dodd, Senior Vice-President at Marubeni Europower, mentioned:
“We wish to thank everybody who got here alongside to our session and data occasions to seek out out extra in regards to the proposals and focus on them with members of the venture crew. Inexperienced hydrogen has been recognized as a key resolution to decarbonise the power system, and the HyBont venture would contribute to the Council and Authorities’s goals to realize net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The event may also convey financial advantages to the local people, creating jobs and selling sustainable progress within the area.”
The Council’s Planning Authority will seek the advice of on the proposals earlier than making a advice to the Improvement Management Committee, who will decide the planning utility. If the HyBont proposals get the go forward, it might be producing inexperienced hydrogen in 2025.
Please click on right here for the planning utility.
