Heidelberg Materials UK has secured planning permission to build a carbon capture plant (CCP) at its Padeswood cement works.
Planning permission was granted via Planning and Environment Decisions Wales. According to Heidelberg Materials UK, the facility will capture and store up to 800,000 tonnes of CO2 a year at the existing cement works. The stored CO2 will be transported via the HyNet Northwest underground pipeline for secure storage under the seabed in Liverpool Bay.
“This is fantastic news and a huge step forward for our Padeswood carbon capture and storage (CCS) project,” Heidelberg Materials UK chief executive officer Simon Willis said.
“Cement is essential to the UK’s transition to net zero. It is fundamental to the development of everything from new offshore wind farms, to nuclear power stations, to low carbon infrastructure, and the thousands of green jobs that these projects will create.”
According to the company, the project is expected to create close to 50 full time jobs while operational and up to 500 additional jobs during construction.
HMUK said in its release once Padeswood CCP is operational it will capture almost all of the CO₂ produced during cement manufacture and enable the production of evoZero carbon captured net zero cement as early as 2029.
Read more about the Padeswood project:
- Another milestone reached in plans to create UK’s first net zero cement works
- Lord Callanan visits Heidelberg Materials’ Padeswood site
- Hanson takes another step towards CCS at Padeswood
