VPI and Phillips 66 proposal Humber Zero is submitted alongside region-wide project
By David Laister Business Editor (Humber)
8, OCT 2020
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Phillips 66 Humber Refinery at South Killingholme. (Image: Phillips 66)
A second major bid has been made to government to accelerate the Humber’s decarbonisation.
Humber Zero, a joint carbon capture initiative from Vitol Group and Phillips 66, has been submitted.
It will sit alongside Zero Carbon Humber’s £75 million application for support to create a pan-region CCS and hydrogen network as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
The two major projects are being brought forward with the aim of transforming one of the most carbon intensive areas to become an exemplar for the world, protecting and creating thousands of jobs.
Humber Zero is focused on the refining cluster, and can work with the wider proposal or stand alone.
It involves the complex Humber Refinery and the adjoining combined heat and power plant, VPI Immingham, which is now owned by Vitol. Developed by Phillips 66, it currently provides electricity and steam to both the former owner and neighbouring Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, and is regarded as one of the most efficient generators in Europe.
A second major bid has been made to government to accelerate the Humber’s decarbonisation.
Humber Zero, a joint carbon capture initiative from Vitol Group and Phillips 66, has been submitted.
It will sit alongside Zero Carbon Humber’s £75 million application for support to create a pan-region CCS and hydrogen network as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
The two major projects are being brought forward with the aim of transforming one of the most carbon intensive areas to become an exemplar for the world, protecting and creating thousands of jobs.
Humber Zero is focused on the refining cluster, and can work with the wider proposal or stand alone.
It involves the complex Humber Refinery and the adjoining combined heat and power plant, VPI Immingham, which is now owned by Vitol. Developed by Phillips 66, it currently provides electricity and steam to both the former owner and neighbouring Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, and is regarded as one of the most efficient generators in Europe.
Jonathan Briggs, project director for Humber Zero. (Image: Humber Zero)
Further details of the bid are anticipated shortly for the scheme unveiled back in May, with hopes to be operational by the mid-2020s.
Jonathan Briggs, director of Humber Zero, said: “We have put the bid in, and it is a joint bid between VPI and P66. We are very excited about it and working on a successful project, at scale, to aid decarbonisation.”
A reduction of eight million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year has been identified, with potential for more and the integration of hydrogen, with near neighbour Uniper looking at that phase, which may target future funding pots.
The grand plan would see post combustion capture on two of the three existing generators at VPI Immingham and selected processing units at the Humber and Lindsey refineries. It would be combined with the development of a hydrogen hub producing green and blue hydrogen to serve the third generator and local industry.
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Further details of the bid are anticipated shortly for the scheme unveiled back in May, with hopes to be operational by the mid-2020s.
Jonathan Briggs, director of Humber Zero, said: “We have put the bid in, and it is a joint bid between VPI and P66. We are very excited about it and working on a successful project, at scale, to aid decarbonisation.”
A reduction of eight million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year has been identified, with potential for more and the integration of hydrogen, with near neighbour Uniper looking at that phase, which may target future funding pots.
The grand plan would see post combustion capture on two of the three existing generators at VPI Immingham and selected processing units at the Humber and Lindsey refineries. It would be combined with the development of a hydrogen hub producing green and blue hydrogen to serve the third generator and local industry.
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Uniper, the new name for what was E.on’s fossil fuel generation portfolio, is also part of Zero Carbon Humber, with a 600MW gas-fired power plant at North Killingholme.
The anchor project in that scheme is Equinor's Hydrogen to Humber (H2H) Saltend project, which will establish the world’s largest hydrogen production plant with carbon capture at Saltend Chemicals Park.
They are two of 12 partners, including Associated British Ports, British Steel, Centrica Storage Ltd, Drax Group, Mitsubishi Power, National Grid Ventures, PX Group, SSE Thermal, Saltend Cogeneration Company Ltd and the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
Decisions on backing are anticipated in December.
Uniper, the new name for what was E.on’s fossil fuel generation portfolio, is also part of Zero Carbon Humber, with a 600MW gas-fired power plant at North Killingholme.
The anchor project in that scheme is Equinor's Hydrogen to Humber (H2H) Saltend project, which will establish the world’s largest hydrogen production plant with carbon capture at Saltend Chemicals Park.
They are two of 12 partners, including Associated British Ports, British Steel, Centrica Storage Ltd, Drax Group, Mitsubishi Power, National Grid Ventures, PX Group, SSE Thermal, Saltend Cogeneration Company Ltd and the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
Decisions on backing are anticipated in December.
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