CARLTON POWER SECURES UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR ITS LANGAGE GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECT
Carlton Power, one of the UK’s leading independent energy infrastructure development companies, has been successful in Round One of UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR1). The company’s project at Langage, near Plymouth (as well as its projects at Trafford in Greater Manchester and Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria) has been awarded a financial contract from the UK Department of Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ). Subject to reaching a Financial Investment Decision in the early part of next year, the Langage project should enter commercial operation within two years.
Eric Adams, Carlton Power’s Hydrogen Projects Director said: “We are delighted with today’s announcement from DESNZ. Securing a contract for Langage - 10MW of capacity and an investment of c£20m, and with planning consent - is a major achievement and places Carlton Power among the leading British companies that are helping to build the hydrogen economy in the UK. Langage is a beacon project for the West Country’s hydrogen ambitions.”
Keith Clarke, Founder and Chief Executive of Carlton Power said: “We are supporting local industry to decarbonise their operations, supporting the South West’s efforts to reach Net Zero and we are a catalyst for green investment and jobs. Working with our financial partners, Schroders Greencoat, we can now work towards a Final Investment Decision for the Langage scheme in the early part of next year and thereafter work to have it enter commercial operation within two years.”
Carlton Power is working with Schroders Greencoat LLP (“Schroders Greencoat”), the specialist investment manager dedicated to the renewable energy infrastructure sector, to finance, build and operate Langage via their joint venture - Green Hydrogen Energy Company Ltd (“GHECO”). The JV, announced in May 2023, aims to build a hydrogen project portfolio in the UK of 500 MW by 2030.
Kristian Høeg Madsen, Co-head of hydrogen at Schroders Greencoat, said: “As one of the Europe’s leading investors in renewable energy infrastructure, we are incredibly pleased that our partnership with Carlton as one of the UK’s leading developers has progressed today with this successful outcome from HAR1. Hydrogen can provide robust, reliable and carbon-free returns for investors, and we’re excited to continue to drive green hydrogen build-out in the UK in line with the Government’s hydrogen ambitions.”