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Kimberly Clark agrees to buy hydrogen energy for UK Andrex and Kleenex factory

Published: 07:18 31 Aug 2022 EDT

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Andrex, Kleenex and Huggies nappy maker Kimberly Clark (NYSE:KMB) has signed a deal to buy hydrogen-powered energy for its factory in north-west England with the aim of replacing the natural gas it currently uses.

Carlton Power is developing the proposed 35MW hydrogen project in Barrow-in-Furness with support from local government, Cadent gas distribution network and Electricity North West.

Kimberly Clark (NYSE:KMB)’s paper factory is located next to the planned electrolyser.

The £40mln public-private partnership plans for the hydrogen hub, which will use renewable electricity generation to produce and store hydrogen, to be operational by 2025.

Support from the UK government’s £375mln hydrogen investment package (HIP) “will be necessary” to build and operate the project, said Carlton Power, which is also seeking to develop a green hydrogen hub in Greater Manchester’s Trafford low carbon energy park.

As part of the new partnership, Kimberly will work with Carlton and its consortium of backers on technical and engineering specifications of the project as well as local consultations.

Carlton Power’s hydrogen projects director Eric Adams said: “Development of green hydrogen projects like our Barrow hub is critical if major energy users, like Kimberly-Clark, are to decarbonise their operations.”

Oriol Margo, Kimberly-Clark’s regional sustainability transformation leader, said the deal “demonstrates how cooperation among a wide set of stakeholders from business and the Government is critical to making green hydrogen commercially viable”.

The Dallas, Texas-headquartered giant has previously set out a goal of using 100% renewable energy by 2030 in the UK and Ireland.

Last month the maker of Huggies nappies said that by the end of 2021, it had achieved nearly a 41% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions (owned or controlled by the company) compared to its 2015 base year, while Scope 3 emissions (the consequences of the activities of the company) were down just 6.3%, focused on purchased goods and services and end-of-life treatment of sold products.

 

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