£1.7m grant secured for Humber Cluster Plan
IT WILL SHOW HOW THE REGION CAN LEAD THE WORLD IN TRANSFORMATION OF HEAVY
FUNDING has been won for an ambitious decarbonisation plan to roadmap the Humber’s journey to Net Zero.
A £1.7 million grant has been secured for the Humber Cluster Plan, which will show how the region can lead the world in transformation of heavy industry. The joint bid was submitted by Humber Local Enterprise Partnership and Catch, and is part of an £8 million national handout by Energy and Clean Growth Minister Kwasi Kwarteng. Eight private sector partners are also on board: British Steel, Centrica, Drax, Equinor, National Grid Ventures, Phillips 66, SSE Thermal and VPI Immingham.
It links in with two huge carbon capture and storage projects as well as blue and green hydrogen projects also being developed in the region, with results from CCS bids from Zero Carbon Humber and Humber Zero to specific pots for funding anticipated early this year. Stephen Parnaby OBE, chair of Humber LEP, said: “We are thrilled our funding bid for the Humber Cluster Plan has been successful. This is a significant opportunity to achieve industrial decarbonisation at a large scale in our region, which has the potential to protect important jobs while helping us to achieve our Net Zero ambitions by 2040.
“This successful outcome has only been possible with the support of our industry partners, who have illustrated there is a huge appetite in the Humber to innovate, collaborate and strive for solutions to create a cleaner, greener future for our vital industries.” Humber Cluster Plan, a £2.6 million project, was submitted to Innovate UK as part of the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge Fund
We are thrilled our funding bid for the Humber Cluster Plan has been successful
Stephen Parnaby