HyLine Gogledd is our proposal for a dedicated hydrogen pipeline in North Wales to support cleaner energy ambitions. The proposed pipeline would help bring hydrogen to the energy-intensive industries that account for 55 per cent of energy demand in the region from Deeside to Wrexham.
We recognise the need to invest for the future to decarbonise industry in North Wales, whist protecting communities, jobs and the economy. We're looking at what infrastructure we need to maintain existing supplies of energy whilst transitioning towards the ability to deliver low-carbon hydrogen at scale.
The HyLine Gogledd proposal is to build a new 32km pipeline through North Wales from Deeside to Wrexham. This pipeline will allow local industries on a path to net zero to access hydrogen, at scale, to decarbonise their processes, as well as help local authorities to deliver the Local Area Energy Plan.
- Support the development of a green industry and energy hub in Wales
- Fast and secure decarbonisation, whilst ensuring a resilient energy supply
- Support thousands of jobs
- Achieving savings of up to 2million tonnes of CO2 per year
- Potential to add 2 billion of GVA alongside cluster partners
The development of a hydrogen pipeline system in North East Wales will need close coordination with producers and customers who lie upstream and downstream of each other and the pipeline respectively.
The next phase of HyLine Gogledd will explore the sufficient support needed and its availability for each of these parties to make a coordinated investment decision. A clear and coordinated pan-UK strategy for hydrogen and CCS needs to
be established, to facilitate commercial-scale hydrogen transportation and storage for industry.