United Kingdom – The joint venture of RES and Octopus Energy Generation, HYRO, is collaborating with Kimberly-Clark to replace gas with green hydrogen at UK factories, reducing emissions and increasing energy security.
HYRO is collaborating with industrial companies to create, own, and operate green hydrogen facilities that take advantage of local renewables when it is bright and windy. HYRO is developing electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen at two Kimberly-Clark UK manufacturing locations in this newest agreement.
The on-site electrolyzers will employ renewable energy sources such as wind and solar to generate green hydrogen, which will be stored and fed into hydrogen-ready boilers within the companies, replacing industrial natural gas-fueled boilers. It will generate the heat required in the manufacturing of tissues and toilet paper.
Government funding
The two projects in Wales and Kent have now been added to the Government’s financing shortlist. The two electrolyzer projects will have a combined capacity of 22.5 MW and will save Kimberly-Clark thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. It will also assist the government fulfil its green hydrogen targets by 2030.
This comes as HYRO prepares to invest £3 billion in green hydrogen plant construction in the UK. The investments are boosting the country’s clean hydrogen economy, creating green jobs and enhancing the country’s energy independence.
Previous collaboration
Kimberly-collaboration Clark’s with HYRO expands on their current partnership with Octopus to help decarbonize Kimberly-UK Clark’s operations. Kimberly-Clark already has a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Octopus Energy Generation, which administers the Cumberhead wind farm in Scotland on behalf of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT).
