The Zero Carbon Humber project is decarbonizing UK's highest industrial CO2 emissions area

The Zero Carbon Humber project aims to decarbonize the UK's largest industrial emissions cluster in north-east England, which emits over 12 million tonnes of CO2 annually. Supported by £75 million in funding—two-thirds of which is private sector investment—the project focuses on deploying technologies such as hydrogen production, carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). The initiative is intended to support the UK's targets of a 78% emissions cut by 2035 and net zero by 2050, while potentially creating 48,000 jobs in the region by 2027.

• The Humber region in north-east England is the UK's largest industrial emissions cluster, producing more than 12 million tonnes of CO2 per year, which represents over 2% of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions.
• The Zero Carbon Humber project is supported by £75 million in funding from the UK's Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge fund, with two-thirds of this amount provided by the private sector.
• The project focuses on the deployment and scaling of specific decarbonization technologies, including hydrogen production, carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).
• The implementation of Zero Carbon Humber technologies is estimated to create 48,000 direct, indirect, and induced jobs in the Humber region by 2027.

APA

Gardiner, W. (2021). The Zero Carbon Humber project is decarbonizing UK's highest industrial CO2 emissions area. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/net-zero-carbon-humber-uk-industry/

Chicago

Gardiner, Will. The Zero Carbon Humber project is decarbonizing UK's highest industrial CO2 emissions area. World Economic Forum, 2021. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/net-zero-carbon-humber-uk-industry/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Gardiner |first1=Will |title=The Zero Carbon Humber project is decarbonizing UK's highest industrial CO2 emissions area |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=7 July 2021 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/net-zero-carbon-humber-uk-industry/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{gardiner2021zero, author = {Gardiner, Will}, title = {{The Zero Carbon Humber project is decarbonizing UK's highest industrial CO2 emissions area}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2021}, month = jul, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/net-zero-carbon-humber-uk-industry/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }