Exolum to build green hydrogen refuelling station

The government has announced £7 million to continue its Tees Valley hydrogen transport hub project, with the funding awarded to fuel distributer Exolum to build a publicly accessible green hydrogen refuelling station near Middlesbrough.

This will initially serve at least 25 new zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) making deliveries.

The government-funded Tees Valley hydrogen transport hub is the first of its kind in the country, showing how green hydrogen can be utilised in transport.

Furthermore, Tees Valley Combined Authority will use £300,000 of government funding to run a competition for Tees Valley colleges and training institutions to purchase hydrogen training equipment to upskill the local workforce.

The first two projects to win funding for the Tees Valley hydrogen transport hub is led by ULEMCo and Element 2 and they will develop hydrogen-powered airport ground-based support vehicles and create new hydrogen refuelling stations.

This third winner completes the second round of government competition funding for the Tees Valley hydrogen transport hub following the first round, which awarded over £2.6 million to deploy 21 hydrogen-powered vehicles. The second competition invited ideas on how to overcome some of the challenges of scaling up hydrogen technology, making the region’s supply chain greener with hydrogen-fuelled vans and HGVs.