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Did you know Teesside produces HALF the country’s hydrogen?

A Teesside MP says the green fuel could be powering Britain - and she’s taken the campaign to Westminster.

Teesside’s hydrogen, which is produced by industry, could be used to heat thousands of homes and safeguard and create THOUSANDS of “high-quality” jobs, says Redcar Labour MP Anna Turley.

The ‘clean’ fuel could also cut UK carbon emissions and “trigger innovations in other industries such as transport and electricity generation”, she says.

She has set up a new group - the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hydrogen - to lobby for hydrogen energy projects.

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Plans are already under way by Northern Gas Networks, to pump hydrogen produced on Teesside to Leeds to heat and power homes there.

Ms Turley said: “Gas networks across the UK are looking to hydrogen as a future energy source. It is a low carbon fuel that could help us to meet our energy and climate challenges.

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“Teesside already produces around half of the country’s hydrogen and uses it for industrial processes.

“As North Sea gas supplies decline and we look to new low carbon fuels to meet out climate targets, hydrogen is going to be crucial.

“It is clean, doesn’t need to be extracted from the ground, and best of all, we already make tonnes of it on Teesside.

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“Powering Britain with Teesside hydrogen would deliver a big boost to the local economy and create thousands more jobs.

“We have started this group in Parliament to push the issue up the agenda so that it is taken seriously be government.

“The technology needs government to play its part creating an environment for hydrogen to be rolled out widely. The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry, has been very supportive of the group being established which is a positive start.”

Teesside produces around half of the hydrogen produced in the UK so our area is well placed to help deliver this energy revolution.

And industry is ready to get behind the campaign, with support from major UK gas networks - Northern Gas Networks, Cadent, Southern Gas Networks, Wales & West Utilities.

Trade unions representing gas industry workers - GMB and Unison – have also given their support.