UKIZ Zone · potential location: Teesside and the Humber
Teesside & Humber
Clean energy and green industry
Proposed by UKIZ · not a government designation
The zone
01 — THE MISSION
Use existing industrial infrastructure, port access and energy complexes to make Britain a place where clean energy technology is not only researched but built, financed and exported.
02 — WHY IT MATTERS
- Clean energy technology manufactured, not only imported
- High-value industrial employment in existing industrial regions
- Export of British engineering capability into global energy transition markets
Comparable in function to NEOM's green hydrogen zone or Masdar's clean energy cluster.
03 — WHY THIS LOCATION
- Teesside is already a major UK clean energy hub.
- Large-scale industrial, energy and chemical complexes are in place.
- Port access for export of components and fuels.
- An established engineering skills pipeline.
04 — EXISTING STRENGTHS
- Teesside Freeport
- PD Ports
- Wilton International
- Dogger Bank offshore wind
- Regional hydrogen projects
05 — WHO BELONGS HERE
- Energy developers and operators
- Industrial decarbonisation teams
- Infrastructure and project finance
- Chemical and process engineering companies
06 — INDUSTRIES
- Hydrogen
- Offshore wind
- Carbon capture and storage
- Green fuels
- Chemical process innovation
- Recycling and the circular economy
07 — UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH
- Teesside University
- University of Hull
- Durham University
08 — INFRASTRUCTURE
- Grid capacity and industrial energy supply
- Deep-water port and heavy logistics
- Process plant and demonstration facilities
- Storage and pipeline infrastructure
09 — THE COMMERCIALISATION PATH
- Research→
- Problem→
- Prototype→
- Company→
- Capital→
- Customer→
- Scale→
- Export
10 — WHAT SUCCESS COULD CREATE
- Clean energy technology manufactured, not only imported
- High-value industrial employment in existing industrial regions
- Export of British engineering capability into global energy transition markets
Described as outcomes rather than forecasts. UKIZ makes no projections it cannot evidence.
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