ADNOC, Masdar join UK’s BP on hydrogen & sustainable aviation fuel project

ADNOC, Masdar join UK’s BP on hydrogen & sustainable aviation fuel project

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed agreements with UK energy major BP and Masdar, UAE’s renewable energy company, to develop green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

ADNOC will take a 25 percent stake in the design stage of BP’s blue hydrogen project, H2Teesside. This will be ADNOC’s first investment in the UK. BP and ADNOC will now advance the project, initially to the next stage of design, the pre-FEED stage. H2Teesside is expected to kickstart the UK’s hydrogen economy at scale by 2027 with the development of two 500MW hydrogen production units by 2030.

Masdar and BP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to potentially collaborate on the green hydrogen project which will be powered by offshore wind, and is expected to produce 60MWe of hydrogen at start-up in 2025, increasing to up to 500MWe by 2030.

Together, these two projects could deliver 15 percent of the UK Government’s recently expanded 10GW target for hydrogen production in 2030.

The triparty collaboration will also explore the production of SAF in the UAE using solar-to-green hydrogen and municipal waste gasification, leveraging the capabilities of the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer), and Etihad Airways.

Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber

UAE Minister – Industry &