<p>28 world-leading manufacturers, which supply the UK with food, drink, consumer goods, metals, paper, cars, glass and chemicals, will transition to low carbon hydrogen produced and distributed in the North West of the UK as part of the HyNet industrial decarbonisation cluster. HyNet is the UK's leading low carbon industrial cluster, spanning North West England and North Wales. From the mid-2020's, low carbon hydrogen will be produced by the recently formed Vertex Hydrogen. By 2030, industry in the region will have reduced their carbon dioxide emissions by a total of 10 million tonnes every year - a quarter of the region's entire emissions - the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road. Government has selected HyNet to fast track the removal of carbon emissions from industry as a Track 1 decarbonisation industrial cluster.</p><p>Organisations already signed up to HyNet include:</p><p>Kelloggs, which has manufacturing facilities in both Manchester and Wrexham, producing the nations favourite cereals, like Cornflakes, Rice Krispies and Coco-Pops</p><p>Jaguar Land Rover, which produces the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport models at its site in Halewood, near Liverpool, employing over 3,000 people</p><p>PepsiCo in Skelmersdale, where it produces Walkers Crisps and Monster Munch</p><p>Encirc, near Ellesmere Port, which produces 2.5 billion glass bottles each year for brands such as Budweiser, Baileys, Jameson and Pataks</p><p>Novelis in Warrington, which operates one of Europe's largest aluminium can recycling plants with an annual recycling capacity of 195,000 tonnes</p><p>Kraft-Heinz in Wigan, Europe's largest food processing facility, producing in excess of 1.3 billion cans of food annually, including Heinz Beanz, soups and pastas</p><p>Essity, a leading hygiene and health company with four manufacturing sites in the North West and North Wales, producing household brand names including Plenty and Cushelle</p><p>Pilkington Glass, a leading manufacturer of flat glass for the architectural market from its sites in St Helens</p><p>Each company has signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding with the intent of receiving a future network connection and supply of hydrogen through the HyNet infrastructure. Demonstrations of switching from the fossil fuel, natural gas, to hydrogen within HyNet have already taken place at Pilkington Glass and Unilever, both located in Liverpool City Region. Further trials, which have received initial support from Government, are planned over the next two years across a wide range of industrial sectors.</p><p>Amy Bodey, Head of Communications for HyNet at Progressive Energy</p><p>amv.bodev@orogressive-energy.com / 07754 852979</p>
<p>28 world-leading manufacturers, which supply the UK with food, drink, consumer goods, metals, paper, cars, glass and chemicals, will transition to low carbon hydrogen produced and distributed in the North West of the UK as part of the HyNet industrial decarbonisation cluster. HyNet is the UK's leading low carbon industrial cluster, spanning North West England and North Wales. From the mid-2020's, low carbon hydrogen will be produced by the recently formed Vertex Hydrogen. By 2030, industry in the region will have reduced their carbon dioxide emissions by a total of 10 million tonnes every year - a quarter of the region's entire emissions - the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road. Government has selected HyNet to fast track the removal of carbon emissions from industry as a Track 1 decarbonisation industrial cluster.</p><p>Organisations already signed up to HyNet include:</p><p>Kelloggs, which has manufacturing facilities in both Manchester and Wrexham, producing the nations favourite cereals, like Cornflakes, Rice Krispies and Coco-Pops</p><p>Jaguar Land Rover, which produces the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport models at its site in Halewood, near Liverpool, employing over 3,000 people</p><p>PepsiCo in Skelmersdale, where it produces Walkers Crisps and Monster Munch</p><p>Encirc, near Ellesmere Port, which produces 2.5 billion glass bottles each year for brands such as Budweiser, Baileys, Jameson and Pataks</p><p>Novelis in Warrington, which operates one of Europe's largest aluminium can recycling plants with an annual recycling capacity of 195,000 tonnes</p><p>Kraft-Heinz in Wigan, Europe's largest food processing facility, producing in excess of 1.3 billion cans of food annually, including Heinz Beanz, soups and pastas</p><p>Essity, a leading hygiene and health company with four manufacturing sites in the North West and North Wales, producing household brand names including Plenty and Cushelle</p><p>Pilkington Glass, a leading manufacturer of flat glass for the architectural market from its sites in St Helens</p><p>Each company has signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding with the intent of receiving a future network connection and supply of hydrogen through the HyNet infrastructure. Demonstrations of switching from the fossil fuel, natural gas, to hydrogen within HyNet have already taken place at Pilkington Glass and Unilever, both located in Liverpool City Region. Further trials, which have received initial support from Government, are planned over the next two years across a wide range of industrial sectors.</p><p>Amy Bodey, Head of Communications for HyNet at Progressive Energy</p><p>amv.bodev@orogressive-energy.com / 07754 852979</p>
