Kimberly-Clark to switch gas boilers for green hydrogen at UK Andrex and Kleenex factories

Stuart Stone
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Toilet paper and nappy manufacture teams up with Octopus and RES joint venture HYRO to install green hydrogen electrolysers and boilers at its factories in Kent and Wales

Consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark is planning to swap fossil fuel gas heating for green hydrogen at two of its UK manufacturing facilities under a partnership announced today with HYRO, a £3bn green...

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