Producing 100% Green Hydrogen
We are at the forefront of the transition to Net Zero
Stirling Green Hydrogen is one of a number of Green Hydrogen schemes in development by Carlton Power in the UK.
Stirling Green Hydrogen is an industry leading project, that will use renewable energy to produce green hydrogen fuel which will decarbonise industry. The development will have an initial capacity of 30 MW and has the potential to expand to several hundred megawatts.
The project has been submitted to the second allocation round of the UK Department of Energy Security & Net Zero’s Hydrogen Business Model and Net Zero Hydrogen Fund for funding support. Subject to planning and final designs, it will be similar to Carlton’s three other hydrogen projects that were selected to be awarded contracts by the UK Government (December 2023) to receive financial support through the government’s Hydrogen Business Model/Net Zero Hydrogen Fund. The UK Government is using these multi-million-pound programmes to encourage the growth of the hydrogen economy in Scotland and across the UK.
Hydrogen production is recognised as a key element of Scotland and the UK’s decarbonisation plans 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 project will provide clean energy to power industrial facilities in the Stirling area, 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 transport use.
Superglass Insulation, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of glass mineral wool insulation and part of the Etex Group, a global leader in lightweight construction materials, has signed an agreement with Carlton Power to supply green hydrogen for its manufacturing facility at Stirling. The agreement will support the development of the Stirling scheme and reduce Superglass’s reliance on natural gas.
Why Stirling?
Stirling 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 Central Scotland once the project is scaled up and these applications become hydrogen ready. The site in Stirling 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 by the initial 30 MW plant will reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere in Stirling by over 21,000 tonnes annually. We anticipate hydrogen demand in the area to increase significantly in the near term and will develop the project in such a way that additional capacity can be added.
In addition to the environmental benefits and contribution towards net zero, the new facility will provide local job opportunities, help safeguard existing employment and encourage economic growth.