海角视频

Oops.

Our website is temporarily unavailable in your location.

We are working hard to get it back online.

PRIVACY
Economic Development

Carbon capturing 拢2b Humber Zero project opens to the public as consenting journey begins

Phillips 66 Humber Refinery and VPI immingham are leading the project to clean up South Bank heavy industry

The proposed carbon capture units at VPI Immingham, part of the Humber Zero project.(Image: Humber Zero)

The first public consultation into the huge Humber Zero project to clean up the South Bank’s power and refining cluster opens this week.

Carbon capture proposals from Phillips 66 and VPI Immingham will be put on display, with members of the team there to talk through the plans, progressed significantly over the past two years since it was first revealed.

What could be an investment totalling more than £2 billion as it widens out, Humber Zero is targeting the removal of up to eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by 2050, transforming one of the most heavily polluting industrial zones in Europe.

Read more: £1b North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park put before Planning Inspectorate

It will pioneer a lower-carbon industrial future for the region, with around 2,500 construction jobs and 200 permanent roles envisaged, with estimates that it will sustain more than 20,000 jobs directly or indirectly.

The consultation will be on the first phase of the project – the introduction of new carbon capture technology and infrastructure to existing facilities within Phillips 66’s Humber Refinery and VPI Immingham’s combined heat and power plant.

An indicative image of how the Humber Zero carbon capture and storage infrastructure at Phillips 66 Humber Refinery could look.(Image: Humber Zero)

VPI’s project director for Humber Zero, Jonathan Briggs, said: “The project will see an investment of more than £1 billion and will make a substantial contribution to the 海角视频’s Net Zero targets. The views of the people who live and work around Immingham will be vitally important in shaping the final plans to be submitted to the council.”

The Humber Zero project, outlined to be on track for a 2023 build last week, will aim to capture CO2 from two of the three gas turbine generators at the power station and the fluid catalytic cracker at the refinery.