RE: UPDATED................25 Aug 2020 17:19
Work on the UK's first waste plastic-to-hydrogen facility is advancing.
The asset, which is planned for Protos – Peel L&P Environmental's energy and resource hub in Cheshire – will create chemicals which could be used to fuel cars, buses and HGVs.
The front end engineering design (FEED) phase has now completed, assessing all the design and engineering aspects of the proposed facility. It also evaluated the total project costs – estimated at £20m – which will facilitate Peel L&P Environmental finalising the project financing.
It is the first part of the Plastic Park planned for Protos, which could revolutionise the way that such waste is currently handled.
Richard Barker, director at Peel L&P Environmental, said: "This FEED phase is an important step forward in delivering this innovative technology at Protos. Working with Powerhouse Energy, we're creating a blueprint for this UK first plastic-to-hydrogen facility, with plans to roll out over 70 more across the UK.
"With hydrogen increasingly being seen as an important part of our journey to net zero. the time is now."
David Ryan, chief executive of Powerhouse Energy, added: "I would like to congratulate Peel L&P on bringing the FEED phase for the DMG plant at Protos to a successful completion, especially during the lockdown period which is a significant achievement.
"Defining the application at Protos has provided further commercial and technical validation of our DMG technology."