East Midlands Gateway Showcase
The M1 corridor through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire presents high traffic flow, connectivity to vital components of the local economy; major employment sites and cities, multimodal transport links at East Midlands Airport, the rail connection at East Midlands Parkway and HS2 by 2030. East Midlands Gateway is a major employment site with a good grid connection and large distribution centres already established.
It is for all of these reasons that East Midlands Gateway is the highest ranked Midlands location to host a strategic regional transport and energy hub. Road freight vehicles are a particularly challenging area of transport to decarbonise. Providing a variety of recharging and alternative low-carbon re-fuelling infrastructure at a hub site can help support the transition of these vehicles to low-emission alternatives, including hydrogen. A hub could also support a low carbon ‘last mile’ solution for goods being transported to local urban areas.
Showcases
Cadent’s next milestone is in early 2024, when they will submit a request to Ofgem for funding to undertake further engineering work, with the aim of starting construction in 2028.
Combining its patented technology with world class expertise in synthesis gas purification, Chinook bring to market hydrogen with net negative carbon emissions at industry leading pricing.
HyMarnham Power aims to develop the production, storage, and transportation of low carbon hydrogen.
Mercia Power, Ltd are a key provider of flexible power response services to the UK electrical grid, helping to balance the supply of renewable energy with demand.
British Sugar, as part of the ABF Sugar division, has targeted to reduce their carbon footprint by 30% by 2030.
Hanson has been looking at the feasibility of using hydrogen as a fuel source for some of its production sites.