Powering The Humber Energy Revolution
The title of this post is the same as this story on the Centrica web site.
This is the sub-heading.
From the UK’s largest industrial carbon emitter to a clean energy powerhouse, the Humber is ready to be transformed.
These are the first two paragraphs, which add more detail.
We’re prepared to invest £2 billion to keep Rough open and transform it into one of the world’s largest hydrogen storage facilities. This bold move is vital for the UK’s energy security, accelerating the energy transition and unlocking thousands of green jobs. But to make this vision a reality, we need strategic support from government.
We’ve spent time in the Humber, speaking with local communities and industry leaders to understand how this region’s infrastructure shapes lives and powers the nation.
It looks to me, that Centrica have got fed up with our useless, squabbling politicians and decided to act.
There is also a video to watch.
The Anonymous Widower 
Bit of a Centrica promo but nice to get an insight into whats inside these facilities. Personally I’d say Hydrogen has gone off the boil as whilst the technology is there to scale up production the demand side is on a slow burn. Yes batteries have something to do with that but in HGVs there is a big move towards using bio methane gas now as all the big truck makers offer engines suitable for that fuel. Its not fully NZ but its 70-80% less than diesel and not such a technological shift that business’s will invest themselves as part of a normal renewal cycle. Now if you could get a CCGT to run on Hydrogen that would be a game changer but we are too invested in wind now to what that outcome in UK.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | September 6, 2025 |