US-based Air Products has decided to abandon plans to build a major green hydrogen in the UK, saying that support was lacking from the Government.

The Immingham Green Energy Terminal, that was to be developed with Associated British Ports in a £2bn project that would have imported and produced its own, but in a letter, seen by the Times, it seems that the world’s largest hydrogen producer has ditched these plans citing a lack of “commitment”. In part this is the fine distinctions between the methods of Hydrogen production, with plans that would have imported renewable ammonia for the production process being excluded, according to Ait Products, from full backing and incentives.

In February the company announced that it would close three green plants in the US after a review initiated by its new board of directors and CEO, one for SAF, a planned green liquid hydrogen plant, and a carbon monoxide project in Texas.

However, its major Neom green hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia is approaching 80 per cent completion, with green ammonia production (that would have been sent to Immingham) expected to commence at the end of 2026.

The announcements come as many companies reassess the demand for green products and switch tactics. Another potentially major hydrogen project, BP’s H2Teesside scheme, faces the prospect of being downsized.

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