Aberdeen-based, Apollo, has been awarded a contract to provide feasibility engineering to a proposed hydrogen pipeline from Pembroke to the Swansea Bay area.
The north-east renewable energy firm will be working with the utility provider, Wales and West Utilities, in a deal that Apollo describes as “continuing a successful working relationship”.
The pipeline would connect low-carbon hydrogen production with industrial demand, in a move that those involved hope will bring the region closer to net zero.
HyLine Cymru, led by Wales and Utilities, would enable commercial-scale hydrogen production from various sources including floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea along with proposed production sites around Milford Haven.
The pipeline could eventually link up with the National Grid Gas Transmission Project Union enabling a UK-wide National Hydrogen Transmission System.
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Director of hydrogen and CCUS at Apollo, Phil Westmorland, said: “Understanding the feasibility of a viable hydrogen economy is vital to start decarbonising the nation’s energy demand and this hydrogen pipeline will play a large part in this process.
“Apollo’s hydrogen team are delighted to have been selected by Wales and West Utilities for this important piece of work, building on our already extensive track record in hydrogen in Wales and the United Kingdom.”
Wales and West Utilities net zero project manager, Henry James, added: “We are delighted to award this significant and important piece of work to Apollo building on a trusted relationship.
“Hydrogen will play a central role in decarbonising heavy industry in Wales and HyLine Cymru has the potential to build the hydrogen economy in Wales for everyone’s benefit.
“We at Wales and West Utilities are delighted to be leading this project”.
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