Vision
The Gigastack Phase 2 public report was completed and published in November 2021, a key milestone for the project, highlighting the progress made to date. Since 2019, the consortium has taken feasibility stage concepts through Front End Engineering Design for a 100MW electrolyser system which will use renewable power from Hornsea Two – the world’s largest offshore windfarm – to provide renewable hydrogen to the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery to replace hydrocarbon-based fuels within industrial-scale fired heaters.
The consortium has matured the production facility’s technical concept and begun testing the next-generation electrolyser technology at ITM Power’s Sheffield site. As a result, the consortium has defined and described the pathway to a final investment decision and commercial operation of a 100MW scale electrolyser system powered by offshore wind in 2025. This will meet approximately 40% of the UK Government’s target of contracted electrolytic capacity by end of 2023 and act as a critical stepping-stone for the 5 GW 2030 target.
Once built, Gigastack will support the decarbonisation of the Humber region, the UK’s largest industrial cluster, and support the UK’s offshore wind and electrolyser supply chain competitiveness. Gigastack will also lay the groundwork for future expansion in the Humber region and will catalyse the renewable hydrogen sector by providing a blueprint for scalable electrolyser technology in the UK.
The project has already helped create more than 100 jobs at ITM Power’s Gigafactory and the initial 100MW is projected to create an additional 180 jobs, whilst an expansion to 1GW by 2030 could contribute up to £2.5bn Gross Value Added and 1,700 created and safeguarded jobs in Immingham’s local economy.
100 MW electrolyser system
The Gigastack Consortium has identified a pathway to commercial operation of a 100MW scale electrolyser system powered by offshore wind in 2025.
40 % of the UK’s 2023 target
Gigastack aims to deploy a 100MW scale electrolyser system by 2025, which would meet 40% of the UK Government’s target of contracted electrolytic capacity by end of 2023.
Up to £2.5 bn Gross Value Added
The project has already helped create more than 100 jobs at ITM Power’s Gigafactory and the initial 100MW is projected to create an additional 180 jobs, whilst an expansion to 1GW by 2030 could contribute up to £2.5bn Gross Value Added and 1,700 created and safeguarded jobs in Immingham’s local economy.
47% reduction in LCOH
Work carried out to build a business case for Gigastack suggests an opportunity to significantly reduce the Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH) by around 47% by 2030.
<£400 /kW
Installation costs will be reduced to a fraction of today’s costs
1 GW/yr
ITM Power’s new Gigafactory is the world’s largest electrolyser production facility with capacity for the production of 1GW per annum of electrolysers, able to meet the future demand for large-scale electrolysis
1.4 GW Wind Farm
Gigastack will explore a direct electrical connection to the Hornsea substation
UP to 30% of existing refinery demand
The 100MW electrolyser will supply up to 30% of the refinery’s existing hydrogen demand and potentially cover new demand linked to expansion opportunities