Carlton Power to Develop First Green Hydrogen Project with Government in South West England

Langage Green Hydrogen is the only project in the South West of England that is backed by the Government.

Subject to agreement with Carlton Power, the Government will provide financial support to the project through its Hydrogen Business Model process, which aims to stimulate the growth of the hydrogen economy in the South West and across the UK.

Carlton’s 10MW hydrogen hub project at Langage is the first of its kind in Devon and Cornwall and will form part of the Plymouth & South Devon Freeport which secured Government backing in December 2022.

Langage will provide local companies - for example energy intensive industries or those with transport fleets – with easy access to hydrogen fuel. In addition, the hydrogen hub will support the further growth of renewable electricity generation in the South West (and newer forms like marine energy) by utilising it to produce and store hydrogen at times when renewable output is high, but electricity demand is low.   

Langage has benefited from the support of a range of local organisations including South Hams District Council, Plymouth City Council, the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Devon Chamber of Commerce and the South West Business Council.  Sir Gary Streeter MP and other South West MPs also expressed support for the scheme.

Eric Adams, Carlton Power’s Hydrogen Projects Director said: “We are delighted with the news. Our Langage project is a beacon project for the West Country’s green economy and it will play an important role in the development of the Plymouth & South Devon Freeport. This decision will encourage industry and transport operators in the region to embrace the energy transition and Net Zero with confidence.”