Storegga has submitted a planning application to develop its 25-tonne-per-day green hydrogen facility in Scotland.
Located in Marypark, Ballindalloch, Storegga has submitted its proposal to the Moray Council. The planning application follows two public consultations and is now under review. If approved, production is expected to begin next year.
The Speyside Hydrogen Facility will produce hydrogen using an electrolyser to decarbonise the nation’s whisky industry, which reportedly recorded over 600,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2022.
A recent report, published by elementenergy, identified distilleries as the third largest demand source for hydrogen in the industry, with the potential annual hydrogen demand for all distilleries in Scotland estimated to be 1.4 TWh.
Storegga’s Speyside project will involve a phased build-out of hydrogen production capacity, with the first two stages expected to deliver 70MW via two electrolysers.
Christina Smitton, Speyside Hydrogen Opportunity Manager, said the project will be an important step for a greener future in local distilleries.
Smitton added, “The development of green hydrogen is a vital component of Scotland’s energy transition, and we are thrilled to be leading the charge in bringing this important technology to the region, creating new employment and safeguarding existing distillery jobs.”
If the facility goes ahead, it will produce up to 25 tonnes of green hydrogen per day for local organisations. Furthermore, it could reduce CO2 emissions by “50,000 tonnes per year,” according to Storegga, and create up to 30 new jobs.
An interview with Tim Stedman, CEO of Storegga
Thanks for taking five with H2 View. For our readers who aren’t familiar with Storegga’s Project Speyside, can you outline the plans for us?
The opportunity that we spotted was the combination of wind power in Scotland, some of which are curtailed, with industries that are located in more remote areas that make decarbonising a particular challenge. When you see that and put it together, there is an opportunity for green hydrogen power.
In this kind of industry, such as whisky, and some of the other traditional manufacturing in Scotland, there’s a confluence that they want to decarbonise.
This project provides them with a solution and we’ve already benefited from the government’s HAR1 (Hydrogen Allocation Round 1) with a similar project in Cromarty to allow this to happen. I think it’s a win-win.
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