By Greg Wright

Published 29th May 2023, 11:55 BST

Updated 29th May 2023, 11:55 BST

Representatives from Future Humber, a not-for-profit organisation which promotes East Yorkshire’s economy, presented the Humber 2030 Vision at the Innovation Zero Congress which was held at London Olympia. The congress hosted more than 12,000 visitors and featured 200 exhibitors and 350 speakers across eight stages over two days.

The Humber 2030 Vision is the prospectus of decarbonisation projects that represent a potential £15bn investment in the UK’s Energy Estuary, including Humber Zero, H2HSaltend and Gigastack.

It outlines how these projects can establish the UK’s first low carbon industrial cluster in the Humber by 2030, unlocking significant investment and creating tens of thousands of jobs. Future Humber, alongside 10 partners including RWE, Phillips 66, Drax and SSE Thermal, created its own ‘Humber Pavilion’ to showcase the vision at the congress.

Dr Diana Taylor, Managing Director of Future Humber, and Henri Murison, Chief Executive of The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, at the Humber Pavilion at the Innovation Zero Congress. Picture: Neil Holmes

The Future Humber’s managing director Dr Diana Taylor said: “The Humber has huge decarbonisation ambitions and we’ve made important strides on our journey to net zero but we must grasp the opportunity before us. Now is our time and, by working together under the shared messaging of the Humber 2030 Vision, we can achieve our ambitions of creating a sustainable, thriving green economy.

Dr Taylor added: “As a convenor, Future Humber, supported by the strength of our network of bondholders, is helping unite the region and share its story to influential decision-makers.

"There was an incredible amount of interest in the Humber 2030 Vision across the two days at the Innovation Zero Congress and visitors to our pavilion were fascinated by the level of activity, investment and potential for our region to lead the UK’s green economic recovery.”

The Future Humber team were also joined by Henri Murison, Chief Executive of The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, who is also a member of the new Future Humber board of directors. He said: “We need to put real energy into collaboration across the North, not competition, to achieve our goal of a prosperous green future.”

Representatives from energy firm RWE, a new principal partner of Future Humber, also joined the team at the congress.

Tom Glover, RWE UK Country Chair, said: “Looking ahead, our goal is to move sustainably to a net zero generation portfolio, both domestically and globally, and so we are excited to align our goals with those of the region,

through Future Humber.”

Plans to create tens of thousands of jobs around Humber estuary under spotlight