IN Brief:
- GeoPura and Forth Ports have agreed a 10-year deal for an initial 1MW hydrogen plant at Tilbury.
- The scheme has £2m of Thames Freeport seed funding and is intended to support port operations and wider industrial use.
- GeoPura is also set to supply 2,500 tonnes of hydrogen to the Lower Thames Crossing main works.
GeoPura and Forth Ports are taking forward a green hydrogen production scheme at the Port of Tilbury, in a move that links low-carbon fuel supply directly to live logistics operations and a major UK infrastructure project.
Under a 10-year agreement, with an option to extend, GeoPura will develop an initial 1MW low-carbon hydrogen production plant at Tilbury. The facility is planned to generate hydrogen by electrolysis using on-site solar power, with the output intended for port operations and wider industrial activity across the Thames Estuary. Thames Freeport has backed the project with £2m in seed capital.
The Tilbury announcement lands alongside GeoPura’s contract to supply 2,500 tonnes of hydrogen to the Lower Thames Crossing during its main construction phase. The company said that volume is expected to replace more than 12 million litres of diesel and cut an estimated 30,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, with hydrogen delivered, stored and distributed on site as a managed service.
Taken together, the two projects show how hydrogen production, logistics infrastructure and major civils are starting to converge in the same supply chain. Tilbury becomes both a production location and a practical staging point for wider deployment across heavy transport and construction.
