Successful Trialling of Hydrogen

Clees • February 25, 2025

Otto Simon is proud to be able to report the successful trialling of hydrogen as a substitute fuel to natural gas at Novelis's Aluminium Recycling facility in Warrington.


As part of the Industrial Fuel Switching programme, Otto Simon designed the hydrogen supply infrastructure and integrated this into the existing furnace working alongside Novelis's supply chain and the hydrogen supplier.

Otto Simon managed the installation and commissioning of the facility and assisted the site team during the trials, another step along the road for industrial decarbonisation in the Northwest.


This project builds upon Otto Simon's track record of hydrogen projects which includes trials in Glass Manufacture, Food and Ceramics as well as the pioneering HyDeploy project at Keele University.

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