Hydrogen production with carbon capture: emerging techniques
Summary
The Environment Agency has published guidance on emerging techniques for industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage. It sets out best practice for operators and regulators, covering new plants and retrofits, and explains how such installations are treated under environmental permitting regimes in the UK.
Why it matters
Residential property surveyors may encounter the wider planning, environmental and infrastructure implications of hydrogen and carbon capture developments, particularly where industrial sites are proposed near housing. The guidance also signals the regulatory approach to permitting and environmental protection, which can affect local development risk and stakeholder concerns.
Key points
- Covers large-scale hydrogen production with carbon capture or post-combustion carbon capture for geological storage.
- Applies to new plants and retrofits; smaller plants are advised to use the guidance until further material is available.
- Operators must tell the regulator whether they will follow the guidance or propose an equivalent alternative.
- Sets out relevant UK permitting regimes and classifies the activity under environmental permitting categories.
- Notes that existing BAT reference documents do not fully address hydrogen production with carbon capture.
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