New Delhi, Oct 4 (Reporter) Essar Energy Transition (EET) on Friday hailed the UK government's announcement confirming its support of the HyNet, one of two ‘Track 1’ clusters selected for industrial decarbonisation. EET Hydrogen’s first hydrogen project, HPP1, is at the heart of HyNet and crucial to enabling the planned hydrogen infrastructure across the North West. The HPP1 will produce 350 MW hydrogen with production expected to start in 2028. EET Hydrogen, a division of EET, is developing the first large scale, low carbon hydrogen production hub in the UK at its site in Stanlow. This hub will produce 1,350 MW of hydrogen capacity in total and capture around 2.5 million tonnes of carbon per annum - equivalent to taking 1.1 million cars off the roads. "The low carbon hydrogen will be used locally by EET Fuels’ Stanlow refinery and other major manufacturers in the region, including Encirc, Pilkington and Tata Chemicals to create the first low carbon refining operations, glass and chemicals manufacturing sites in the world," EET said in a media release. Tony Fountain, Managing Partner of EET said, “Now that government support is confirmed, we look forward to taking our final investment decision and starting construction in 2025.” Added Joe Seifert, CEO of EET Hydrogen, “Today’s announcement from the government represents a critical moment in the UK’s hydrogen industry...////...