500-job carbon capture projects to get underway

TWO projects to capture carbon from cement production and waste incineration are set to begin construction, the UK Government has announced.

- By OWEN HUGHES Business Correspondent

It includes the first carbon capture-enabled cement plant at Padeswood, developed by Heidelberg Materials UK, and one of the world’s first full-scale carbon capture-enabled waste-to-energy facilities at Protos in Ellesmere Port, developed by Encyclis.

The schemes in Flintshire and Cheshire will create and secure 500 skilled jobs in the construction phase and ongoing operations, with more than half of those in North Wales.

They are the first two projects to join Eni’s Liverpool Bay transportation and storage network which will store carbon emissions captured from a range of industries under the sea, officials said.

It is part of the HyNet carbon capture cluster that was given the green light by the Prime Minister in April.