Insulation giant looks to power factory with hydrogen

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The insulation giant has linked-up with Marubeni Europower and Mott MacDonald to develop a potential end-to-end hydrogen solution at its South Wales plant in Bridgend. The research is being funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio under the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy through the Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator programme. The current process for the manufacture of ROCKWOOL's stone wool insulation uses natural gas in the combustion systems and curing ovens. This new scheme will investigate the viability of converting natural gas usage to on-site produced green hydrogen. Rafael Rodriguez, Managing Director of ROCKWOOL Ltd said: "The group has set ambitious decarbonisation targets verified and approved by the Science Based Target initiative, and in line with this, we are looking forward to enhancing our own understanding about the potential for green hydrogen use in our business." Claudio Tassistro, Energy General Manager for Mott MacDonald, said: "Our multidisciplinary team has worked on green hydrogen generation and storage projects across the world and will bring with it a wealth of knowledge, and technical and economic expertise."The development of green hydrogen production projects like this are critical to achieving our net-zero ambitions and meeting the challenges posed by the climate crisis.