London Thames Hydrogen has confirmed a £200 million ($270.9 million) private-sector commitment to build a hydrogen-from-waste facility at Thames Freeport, an industrial cluster under development on the banks of the River Thames.

The facility will be located at the Tilbury Tax Site within Thames Freeport and is expected to be operational by 2028. The plant will produce up to 12 tonnes of carbon-negative hydrogen per day for heavy goods vehicles, industrial users, and off-grid hydrogen-powered EV charging.

Tilbury is only the first phase of a planned £1 billion ($1.35 billion) undertaking to establish a UK hydrogen production corridor spanning the United Kingdom and helping decarbonise road transport by providing clean fuel alternatives for heavy goods vehicles and other commercial fleets. A parallel facility in Doncaster is also envisaged and will produce five tonnes of hydrogen per day.

The Tilbury plant will be delivered by Chinook Hydrogen and will use the company’s patented Rodecs gasification and pyrolysis technology to convert non-recyclable residual waste into hydrogen-rich syngas. Expectations are that the plant will slash over 50,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually and curb methane from landfill decomposition.

Chinook Chairman Dr. Rifat Chalabi said of the  deal: “By converting non-recyclable waste into clean hydrogen, we tackle the twin challenges of waste and decarbonisation in one stroke. Thames Freeport provides the ideal launchpad for this scalable solution to power sustainable industrial growth across the UK.”