Plans have been revealed for a new green hydrogen hub in the South Hams.

Carlton Power, an energy development company, has announced that it is aiming to build the hub, which is its third in the UK, at the Langage Energy Park in between Sparkwell and Plympton.

The first phase of the project has secured planning consent from South Hams District Council, with the aim of the hub being to enable businesses in the area to hit net zero emissions by using hydrogen power.

Carlton Power is hoping to receive support for the project from the government’s Hydrogen Investment Package, a programme which provides funding to support the UK’s hydrogen energy economy.

If it receives the support, the new hub is expected to be up and running within the next three years.

Eric Adams, hydrogen projects director at Carlton Power, commented: "Langage is ideally located for the West Country’s first low-carbon hydrogen hub.

"With the need, especially among industrial companies, to move away from fossil fuels and reach Net Zero, Langage Green Hydrogen and our other projects can make an important contribution to the transition to the hydrogen economy.

"A number of key industrial sectors in the South West have limited options to decarbonise so a local source of hydrogen will accelerate their Net Zero plans and the region’s wider low-carbon ambitions.

"Given our long-standing involvement with the Langage Energy Park, we will work closely with Heart of the South West LEP, Regen and other local stakeholders to deliver this project and ensure that local industry can fully realise the economic and environmental advantages of green hydrogen to their operations.

"But the development and operation of Langage and our other two schemes are contingent on securing financial support from the UK Government’s Hydrogen Investment Package."