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BP and Ørsted to create renewable hydrogen EnviroComms expands to New Zealand
partnership in Germany market
P, British multinational oil and gas company ehavioural change communications consultancy
BEnviroComms has launched operations in New
Bheadquartered in London, and Danish renewable
Zealand to extend its range of services to the public
energy group Orsted ORSTED.CO have signed a Letter
and private waste sector across the country. The
of Intent (LOI) to work together to develop a project
company will provide support to institutions looking to
for industrial-scale production of green hydrogen – a
increase levels of participation in recycling and
significant step in developing bp's hydrogen business.
address a range of issues including contamination and
Green hydrogen is made by the electrolysis of water
the introduction of new services. According to Stephen
using renewable power, producing zero emissions. In Bates, EnviroComms director, New Zealand respects
their proposed Lingen Green Hydrogen project, the the UK's recycling efforts after the country adopted
two firms intend to build an initial 50 megawatt (MW) components of the UK's Love Food Hate Waste
electrolyser and associated infrastructure at bp's campaign. Due to this, Mr Bates stated that New
Zealand offers great potential. “Recycling has
developed from the ground up rather than driven from
the top down, as has been the case in Europe. There
Lingen Refinery in north- west Germany. This will be
powered by renewable energy generated by an Ørsted
offshore wind farm in the North Sea and the hydrogen exists significantly more integration with the private
produced will be used in the refinery. Under their LOI, sector and a far wider acceptance for the need for
bp and Ørsted will now work together to further define strategic behavioural change rather than just the
tactical elements,” he added. EnviroComms' first
the project, agree definitive documents and plan to
project in New Zealand will be an integrated
make a final investment decision (FID) early 2022,
communications campaign for a local authority to
subject to appropriate enabling policies being in place.
boost participation in local recycling services with
The companies anticipate the project could be
work including print, digital, advertising and
operational by 2024. The 50 MW electrolyser project is
doorstepping. EnviroComms started trading in 2003
expected to produce one tonne an hour of green
and has since worked with over 130 UK local
hydrogen or almost 9,000 tonnes a year. Dev Sanyal, authorities on awareness and public engagement
bp's executive vice president for gas and low carbon, projects. Its international work has now extended to
said: “Hydrogen will have an increasing role to play in over 20 countries. “We work globally but the UK
meeting the energy demands of a decarbonizing world. remains our primary market, but international
This would be sufficient to replace around 20% of the projects broadens our horizons and depth of skills to
refinery's current grey hydrogen consumption, avoiding exceptional levels that benefit all our projects
around 80,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions a wherever they are located .We have just secured our
year – equivalent to the emissions from around 45,000 first contract in New Zealand so have attained what I
cars in Germany. think is quite a unique record in working.”
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