A new study has set out how the Bacton Gas Terminal in Norfolk would be ideally suited to emerge as an important hub to supply low-carbon energy - particularly hydrogen - to key markets in London and southeast England in the decades ahead.Commissioned by the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA), the UK's North Sea offshore regulator, the study found that Bacton's proximity to both southern North Sea gas fields and wind farms would make it an ideal location for the production of both blue and green hydrogen.Green hydrogen is produced using renewable energy to power electrolysis - splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.Hydrogen can also be produced with steam-reforming processes using natural gas combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS), called "blue hydrogen" - although this is not a carbon-free process.Ample space offshore for carbon storage and easy access to markets also mean the Bacton terminal could remain crucial to the UK's energy mix for many years to come, according to the findings of the study.
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