About the project

In August 2024, HYRO received planning consent for a Green Hydrogen Electrolyser (GHE) production and storage facility at Kimberly-Clark's Northfleet manufacturing facility in Gravesend, Kent.

The scheme uses electrolysers which will use electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar to split water and create green hydrogen.

The facility will incorporate a water treatment plant and electrical equipment to supply the electrolyser and will include storage tanks to pressurise and store the green hydrogen. The gas is then fed into the industrial boiler through a new hydrogen pipeline.

The manufacturing facility will use the green hydrogen produced, to fuel a new dual-fuelled boiler system, located inside the mill. This new boiler system can operate using hydrogen or natural gas to produce the steam and heat necessary for the paper manufacturing process at the mill and will replace the current boiler which solely uses natural gas. This will help to decarbonise manufacturing of much-loved household products like Andrex®, reducing emissions and boosting energy security.

To optimise the efficiency of the green hydrogen project, a small number of changes are needed to the consented scheme, and we are currently preparing a new planning application to be submitted in the coming weeks. More information will be available on this website soon.

To view the planning application for the consented project, please click here.

If you have any questions about the project, please do not hesitate to contact us.