Tilbury hydrogen for LTC construction: deployment lessons for plant engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
GeoPura is partnering with Forth Ports’ Port of Tilbury to install a 1MW green hydrogen production facility supplying port equipment and heavy plant. The low‑carbon hydrogen will fuel construction activities on National Highways’ Lower Thames Crossing, reducing diesel use for high‑duty cycles such as piling rigs, cranes and haul trucks. For contractors and port engineers, the project signals growing scope to deploy hydrogen for non‑road mobile machinery on major UK infrastructure schemes and in quayside operations.
Technical Brief
- Hydrogen supply is intended for multiple heavy industry users beyond the Lower Thames Crossing works.
Our Take
The 1 MW low‑carbon plant at the Port of Tilbury sits within what our database flags as one of the largest single green hydrogen offtakes in UK infrastructure, with GeoPura contracted to supply 2,500 t of hydrogen to the Lower Thames Crossing over 10 years.
Linking GeoPura’s Tilbury production with the Lower Thames Crossing construction creates a port‑based hydrogen hub model that could be replicated at other Forth Ports sites if the logistics and permitting around this first deployment prove workable.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
