Peel plastics park gains momentum

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.

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

The University of Chester has launched the search for a development partner to deliver the £100m next phase of Thornton Science Park.

Bruntwood SciTech has agreed a three-year, £185m funding deal, using £60m to support 400,000 sq ft of development at Circle Square, and £125m to refinance other assets including Alderley Park.  

Recycling company Advanced Sustainable Developments is in talks with Peel Environmental as it seeks to open its first UK site at the Protos energy park in Ellesmere Port.

Waste2Tricity has signed an agreement with Peel Environmental for a 54-acre site at the Ellesmere Port energy hub to develop a hydrogen-from-waste facility.

Modular homes developer Project Etopia has opened a factory in Ellesmere Port capable of producing 2,000 houses a year.

Christine Gaskell, chair of the Cheshire & Warrington LEP, told an event at MIPIM that the region has the potential to create the world’s first zero carbon industry cluster, based around its Energy Innovation District proposition.