Major £150m investment aims generate sufficient fuel to power 1,000 low-carbon HGVs and buses every year The UK took a small but significant step forward on its journey towards decarbonising the transport sector on Tuesday, with the approval of the country's first commercial scale Bio-Substitute Natural Gas...
metro Energy has won approval for its £ 150 million ( $ 193 m ) biogas - to - fuel hydrogen plant , the first commercial - scale hydrogen operation of its kind . The plant is designed to process 175,000 mt of bio waste into low - carbon fuel for heavy goods vehicles and buses . The Bio - Substitute Natural Gas plant will be part of metro ##power ’s Protos energy hub located between Manchester and Liverpool . Production is expected to begin in 2022 . The process can also produce gas for domestic and office use , Progressive said . The site could also be reconfigured to make renewable hydrogen , potentially linking to the HyNet regional hydrogen network project .