The green hydrogen hub will power Kimberly-Clark’s Cumbria manufacturing facility and produce around 3,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually.
Apr 8, 2024
Leading multinational producers of paper-based consumer products, Kimberly-Clark has announced an ambitious project to build a green hydrogen hub in Cumbria worth 40 million pounds.
The green hydrogen hub, to be developed at Barrow-in-Furness in partnership with Carlton Power, will power Kimberly-Clark’s Cumbria manufacturing facility. It will import renewable electricity from the grid and produce around 3,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually.
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The plan has already passed the first round of the UK government’s Hydrogen Allocation scheme, securing a financial contract from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.
As per a statement issued by the company, Kimberly-Clark expects the Cumbrian hydrogen plant to become operational by 2026. The project will substitute the natural gas used by the company’s boilers with hydrogen, thereby reducing its natural gas consumption by 30 percent.
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The ambitious project, combined with other renewable energy initiatives, will help Kimberly-Clark to achieve a total reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and Ireland by 86 percent by the end of 2025 (vs 2015 baseline).
