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In an open letter to Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng, SSE Thermal and its Zero Carbon Humber partners have called on the Government to back their major funding bid, providing evidence of the strength and breadth of support for the ground-breaking project.

SSE Thermal’s Keadby 2 Power Station in North Lincolnshire, which is currently being constructed by Siemens Energy, will contribute over £1bn to the UK economy over its lifetime, according to a new report released today.

SSE plc has entered into an agreement to sell its 50% share in energy-from-waste ventures Multifuel Energy Limited (MEL1) and Multifuel Energy 2 Limited (MEL2) to European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III, an infrastructure fund managed by First Sentier Investors, for a total cash consideration of £995m.

SSE Thermal is partnering with leading organisations across the Humber on a bid worth £75m to accelerate the development of commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen projects.

Earlier this week the UK Government published an update on plans to establish business models for CCS and hydrogen projects in the UK. Here, in a blog originally published on futurenetzero.com, Stephen Wheeler, MD of SSE Thermal, discusses how these technologies can drive a clean industrial revolution in the years ahead.

SSE Thermal is working with the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), membership organisation CATCH, and seven other major businesses, to develop a comprehensive plan for the decarbonisation of the Humber region.