Hygen has announced that plans have been approved for one of the UK's largest, state-of-the-art hydrogen production facilities to be located in Bradford.

As clean energy pioneers the company is working in partnership with N-Gen to deliver the hydrogen production facility, with the aim of producing enough hydrogen to replace 800 diesel-fuelled buses a day with zero emissions hydrogen buses, on the West Yorkshire roads.

Plans for the Bradford Low Carbon Hydrogen development, on the old Birkshall gas storage site on Bowling Back Lane, were approved by Bradford Council. Once complete, the scheme will produce low carbon hydrogen which can be used to decarbonise vehicles and industry. At the end of last year, the the Bradford Low Carbon Hydrogen facility became the biggest scheme to be awarded funding through the government’s Hydrogen Production Business Model, with the plant having the capacity to produce around 12.5 tonnes of hydrogen per day. The hydrogen will be produced through a process known as electrolysis, using renewable electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.


Jamie Burns, Director at Hygen, said: "The granting of planning permission is a significant step in the development of a facility which will provide enormous benefits to the people of Bradford and the surrounding area. Along with our partners, we have worked tirelessly to develop these plans, which will provide a blueprint for how complex projects like this can be delivered, boosting the hydrogen and green economies of the UK."