£200m hydrogen-from-waste facility to be built at Thames Freeport

London Thames Hydrogen has confirmed a GBP200 million private-sector investment to build a hydrogen-from-waste facility on the Tilbury Tax Site at Thames Freeport.

The initiative will also include a 5 tonne-per-day hydrogen-from-waste development in Doncaster comprising hydrogen vehicle refuelling and off-grid hydrogen fuelled EV 'ultra-fast superchargers' for cars, LGVs and HGVs. Thames Freeport says the Tilbury plant will produce up to 12 tonnes per day of hydrogen that meets the UK Low-Carbon Hydrogen Standard for vehicle decarbonisation using residual waste otherwise destined for landfill.

Thames Freeport provides the ideal launchpad for this scalable solution to power sustainable industrial growth across the UK.

Chinook Hydrogen will deliver the plant, which Thames Freeport says will also remove 50,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, create over 150 skilled jobs, and eliminate landfill methane and cut supply-chain emissions. Dr Rifat Chalabi, Executive Chairman of Chinook Hydrogen, commented: "By converting non-recyclable waste into clean hydrogen, we tackle the twin challenges of waste and decarbonisation in one stroke.

"Thames Freeport provides the ideal launchpad for this scalable solution to power sustainable industrial growth across the UK."