On January 15th, 2025, ENKA UK Construction Ltd., a subsidiary of ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi A.S., and Essar Energy Transition (EET) Hydrogen formerly Vertex Hydrogen Ltd., signed a contract for the UK’s leading large scale Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Plant (HPP1) at the Stanlow Refinery in the Ellesmere Port Area in North West England.
The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning works, for an amount of approximately GBP 529 million. Some preliminary work will be carried out during the Limited Notice to Proceed phase of the project, and the project is expected to start once the investor finalizes the investment decision after this process is completed. The project is planned to be completed within 39 months following the Full Notice to Proceed.
The plant, located at the heart of the HyNet industrial decarbonization cluster, is expected to be the nation’s first large-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production plant, and will have a production capacity of 350MW and capture around 600,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
This represents a major milestone for the HPP1 project, for the UK hydrogen industry, the HyNet Cluster and for EET Hydrogen’s progress towards its goal of developing 4GW of low carbon hydrogen production. The hydrogen will be provided to industrial businesses across the North West of England to decarbonise their operations, protecting jobs and driving economic growth.
