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Heidelberg Materials UK has reached the next milestone in its plans to build the UK’s first carbon capture facility at its cement works at Padeswood in north Wales.
The manufacturer has signed an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Worley, following the successful completion of the front-end engineering design (FEED) by the partners.
Construction of the carbon capture facility is set to move to the next phase before the end of the year, and the facility is set to be operational in 2029.
Heidelberg Materials UK CEO, Simon Willis, says. “This is the next major milestone in our plans to decarbonise cement production at our Padeswood cement works, The new facility will capture around 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year from our existing works and enable the production of evoZero, the world’s first carbon captured near zero cement, on an industrial scale to help decarbonise the construction industry.”
Heidelberg Materials’ plans at Padeswood are part of the HyNet North West decarbonisation cluster, which aims to create the world’s first low carbon industrial cluster through its development of a hydrogen and carbon capture and storage project. The carbon captured at Padeswood will be compressed and transported via an underground pipeline for secure storage under the seabed in Liverpool Bay.
