Producing 100% Green Hydrogen
We are at the forefront of the transition to Net Zero
Barrow Green Hydrogen is one of the first of a number of Green Hydrogen schemes in development by Carlton Power in the UK.
Barrow Green Hydrogen is an industry leading project, that will use renewable energy to produce green hydrogen fuel which will decarbonise industry, and in the future, transport and heating. The development will have an initial capacity of 30 MW, which will produce enough hydrogen to heat the equivalent of 14,000 homes. The project has the potential to expand to several hundred megawatts.
Barrow Green Hydrogen is one of the first of a number of Green Hydrogen schemes being developed by Carlton Power in the UK, and in partnership with Schroders Greencoat. Barrow Green Hydrogen is owned by GHECO, a joint venture company established by Schroders Greencoat and Carlton Power.
The project has been successful in gaining funding support as part of the DESNZ Hydrogen Business Model and Net Zero Hydrogen Fund. An application for planning permission was granted in June 2023.
Hydrogen production is recognised as a key element of the UK’s decarbonisation plan required to achieve Net Zero by 2050. In particular, Green Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity is an essential technology in the energy transition.
This new, low carbon hydrogen will provide clean energy to Kimberly-Clark’s manufacturing plant in Barrow and potentially other industrial facilities in the region, enabling sectors that are difficult to decarbonise to move away from fossil fuels. As capacity of the plant is scaled and demand for hydrogen increases in other applications, the green hydrogen can be used as alternative fuel for commercial and passenger transport and heating networks.
Why Barrow?
Barrow-in-Furness is ideally located because the area has several industrial sites, which are able to take green hydrogen without extensive modification to decarbonise their operations, which otherwise rely on natural gas. Further to this, it is well placed to serve commercial applications in other areas of Cumbria, once the project is scaled up and these applications become hydrogen ready. The site in Barrow is also well positioned to use renewable electricity from existing installations and will also enable additional new generation capacity to be installed.
The hydrogen produced for Kimberly-Clark’s manufacturing plant, from which consumer products including Andrex® and Kleenex® are produced, will reduce the company’s consumption of natural gas by up to 50% with a reduction of 18,300 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per annum.
For Barrow, GHECO has entered a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with SEFE Energy UK. Electrolysers at the plant will be supplied by Plug Power, and Dalkia Engineering will deliver its construction and commissioning.
The project’s original development partners were: Carlton Power, Cadent Gas, Enterprising Cumbria, Westmorland & Furness Council and Electricity North West.