Wessex Water becomes our 10th core member
YTL Wessex Water becomes the 10th core member of Hydrogen South West (HSW)
The addition supports HSW’s work enabling cross-sector partnerships to produce, utilise, capture, store and transport hydrogen across the South West and beyond
Wessex Water plans to optimise hydrogen usage for future operations will help fulfil HSW’s ambition of a cross-sector hydrogen ecosystem
Hydrogen South West (HSW) welcomes YTL Wessex Water as the newest core member of its hydrogen partnership. Its commitment makes it one of 10 dynamic organisations to promote hydrogen in the South West of England.
Wessex Water, part of YTL group since 2002, is a regional water and sewerage business serving 2.8 million customers across the South West of England. With plans to optimise hydrogen usage for future operations they are the perfect fit for HSW’s ambitious consortium, which exists to collaborate and drive the development of hydrogen infrastructure and technology across many sectors within the South West and beyond.
With water management expected to undergo significant changes as a result of the climate crisis, Wessex Water wants to provide reliable, affordable services for customers and communities, and to deliver a better environment for nature and people.
HSW is enabling cross-sector partnerships to drive the development of hydrogen infrastructure and technology and generate investment for projects beyond heavy industrial clusters. Not only are these ambitions set to assist the journey to Net Zero by 2050, but also to enhance skills and deliver new job opportunities for a sustainable future.
Wessex Water Chief Operating Officer, John Thompson, said he was delighted to be playing a part in such an important partnership: “Wessex Water is committed to achieving net zero operational carbon emissions by 2030 and full de-carbonisation of all aspects of our work by 2040, a decade ahead of the UK government’s 2050 target.
It is absolutely essential that we all work together across the South West to achieve these aims and therefore we are very keen to be part of Hydrogen SW and to be collaborating with some of the other large infrastructure and transport organisations in the region.”
Simon Earles, Chair of Hydrogen South West said: “HSW continues to bring together organisations, covering aerospace, shipping, high-tech engineering and public utilities to create an infrastructure ecosystem. We welcome Wessex Water as the newest member to help us fulfil this ambition.”