Forth Ports and GeoPura are progressing plans for an on-site hydrogen production facility, positioning Tilbury as the UK\u2019s first port to support commercial-scale hydrogen supply.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom production and storage through to real-world applications, Tilbury and the Thames Estuary is rapidly establishing itself as a leading hub for hydrogen. Hydrogen has a critical role to play in how ports operate, from decarbonising dockside activity to enabling shore-to-ship power,\u201d said Andrew Cunningham, CEO of GeoPura.<\/p>\n
\u201dPorts and maritime activity have very large energy requirements and will use the electricity grid network to fulfil these wherever possible. However, in many locations the public grid isn\u2019t sufficient or flexible enough and then hydrogen can help bridge the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hydrogen strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n Forth Ports\u2019 hydrogen strategy builds on GeoPura\u2019s agreement to supply green hydrogen to the Lower Thames Crossing, marking the largest volume contracted for a UK construction project.<\/p>\n The development underpins decarbonisation across port operations and adjacent projects, while addressing grid constraints through flexible, low-carbon energy solutions.<\/p>\n This is expected to significantly reduce diesel consumption and associated emissions.<\/p>\n Deployment at Tilbury includes hydrogen-powered vehicles, on-site generation and refuelling systems, alongside infrastructure capable of supporting shore power and alternative marine fuels.<\/p>\n Together, these developments position the port as a key node in a wider Thames Estuary hydrogen ecosystem, supporting industrial decarbonisation and long-term energy resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UK\u2019s Port of Tilbury has hosted a major hydrogen showcase to advance port infrastructure, green hydrogen production and alternative marine fuels adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[40,36,539,39],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-green-hydrogen","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-port-of-tilbury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6321,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions\/6321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6319"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}