Press release
Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC and Masdar to join bp’s UK hydrogen projects
- ADNOC joins bp’s blue hydrogen project H2Teesside and Masdar to join bp’s HyGreen Teesside green hydrogen project
- bp and ADNOC commence study for new world-scale ADNOC blue hydrogen project in Abu Dhabi
- Agreements bring international investment into UK hydrogen, strengthening the country’s leadership in new low-carbon industry.
bp has taken a major step forward in strengthening its strategic partnership with ADNOC and Masdar of Abu Dhabi, bringing international participation to its planned blue and green hydrogen developments in Teesside in the north-east of England.
ADNOC – the UAE’s largest energy company – will take a 25% stake in the design stage of bp’s blue hydrogen project, H2Teesside. This will be ADNOC’s first investment in the UK. bp and ADNOC will now advance the project, initially to the next stage of design, the pre-FEED stage. H2Teesside is expected to kickstart the UK’s hydrogen economy at scale with the development of two 500MW hydrogen production units by 2030. The project is targeting start of operations in 2027.
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