VPI has appointed Jonathan Briggs as Project Director for its Humber Zero decarbonisation project at VPI Immingham, its 1.2GW combined heat and power plant (CHP) in North Lincolnshire.

The Humber Zero project is a hybrid carbon capture and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen CHP project which could swiftly decarbonise up to 5m/tCO2 per annum of the UK's industrial activity in the Humber region, with the potential for further decarbonisation in the future. The project is fully aligned with the Humber Industrial Decarbonisation deployment project (Humber-DP1) through which twelve companies are working together on a decarbonisation strategy for the region, and have submitted a proposal to the UKRI as part of the UK government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund program to deploy and support CCUS projects in the UK. VPI is leading the southern Humber part of the project.

Jonathan joins VPI from OGCI Climate Investments, an investment fund backed by 13 oil & gas companies with a £1.3 billion investment remit to identify and invest in technologies and businesses to mitigate climate change. He has 30 years' experience in the energy sector, leading projects across upstream, LNG, hydrogen, power and CCUS, including BP's initial CCS project at the North Sea's Miller platform and the Don Valley Power.