The proposed site would be located at Peel NRE’s Protos “energy and resource hub”, which is also home to Energy from Waste (EfW) company Encyclis’ Protos Energy Recovery Facility (ERF).
The ERF is set to be the first decarbonised EfW site in the UK, with construction now underway on a carbon capture plant on adjoining land.
Richard Barker, Development Director at Peel NRE, said: “This is another major milestone in establishing Protos as one of the UK’s leading destinations for industrial decarbonisation and carbon capture.
“It demonstrates how the right infrastructure, in the right location, can unlock investment in technologies that will transform the way we generate energy and tackle climate change.
“Evero’s plans show the potential of new carbon capture technologies in fully decarbonising existing infrastructure.”
Once operational, the carbon capture facility is expected to have the ability to remove 217,000 tonnes of CO2 annually and process 170,000 tonnes of “domestically sourced” waste wood.
The Protos site also has access to planned carbon transport and storage infrastructure as part of the HyNet North West hydrogen and carbon capture cluster.
This includes the planned Protos Spur pipeline which is designed to transport around 980,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum to be stored offshore.
Barker added: “Together with the wider HyNet North West cluster, projects like this have the potential to strengthen regional energy generation, attract investment, create skilled jobs and position the North West at the forefront of the UK’s clean industrial revolution.”
Ince Bio Power Plant
Evero’s current Ince Bio Power Plant, also located in Cheshire, has operated since 2018 and claims to use a domestically sourced waste wood feedstock.
This includes old furniture and manufacturing and construction timber that cannot be recycled.
Evero said it plans to retrofit the existing plant with carbon capture technology and transform it into “a carbon negative operation”.
The Ince Bio Power Plant was selected as one of two priority projects under DESNZ’s Track-1 expansion “Project Negotiation List” with the aim to accelerate its carbon capture ambitions.
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