Plans for £165m Plastic Park fleshed out

A project that forms part of Essar Oil UK’s plans to decarbonise the Ellesmere Port refinery site has secured backing from the Government’s Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.

Take part in the fourth Vertical Salary Review of North West property and construction professionals to receive early access to the findings and be entered into a draw to win a pass to a year of events, including the sold-out Place Party.

From 24 June, Place North West will be bringing property people back together again at conferences, social gatherings and debates.

Government body UK Research & Innovation has committed £33m to the North West hydrogen and carbon capture storage project, while consortium partners pledged a further £39m.

The Indian pharmaceutical contract manufacturing firm has leased space at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park, to serve as its first European laboratory.

Facilities at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park will open for testing next week as part of a Government drive to increase capacity by establishing dedicated laboratories across the country.

A £7m facility to produce hydrogen from non-recyclable plastics is tipped for approval next week, as Peel Environmental progresses its wider Protos energy park at Ellesmere Port.

Progressive Energy will build what it claims is the UK’s first low carbon hydrogen plant on a 160-acre site owned by Essar Oil UK, close to Stanlow refinery, with an application expected this year.

Bruntwood SciTech’s 150,000 sq ft office complex, which forms part of the firm’s £247m investment at Alderley Park, opens today.