First Hydrogen Corp. unveiled its Energy Division’s strategy and road map for growth. As previously reported, First Hydrogen Energy is pursuing initiatives for green hydrogen production in the United Kingdom and Canada.
First Hydrogen Energy has identified four industrial sites in the United Kingdom and is in the process of negotiating land rights with landowners and collaborating with engineering consultants Ove Arup & Partners Limited (ARUP) on engineering studies and designs.
The sites are strategically located across the North and South of the United Kingdom and will each house a large refueling station – for light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles with on-site hydrogen production – to serve the urban areas of Greater Liverpool, Greater Manchester, the Greater London area, and the Thames Estuary – as well as a larger hydrogen production site of between 20 and 40 MW, for a total of between 80 MW and 100 MW across the four sites.
The target sites are expected to qualify for financial support from the United Kingdom government for both the development and construction phases, in order to deliver critical capacity in support of the government’s recent announcement of a 10 GW domestic hydrogen production ambition, of which 5 GW will be green.
Once constructed, the manufacturing facilities will serve customers of the Company’s Automotive Division. The green hydrogen van from First Hydrogen will begin demonstrator testing in June and will be ready for road use in September 2022. The objective of First Hydrogen is to establish a domestic supply of fixed-price long-term green hydrogen fuel and distribution relationships with such consumers.
This will be included in the Company’s offering to fleet operators of a comprehensive hydrogen mobility solution for light commercial vehicles and will deliver green hydrogen to First Hydrogen’s mobile hydrogen recharging stations. First Hydrogen anticipates making additional announcements addressing the progress of such projects as they progress.
