Construction of Hynet – the pipeline designed to transport captured industrial carbon dioxide for storage in the Irish Sea – is set to commence this August.
Proposals have been lodged with Flintshire's Planning Department to initiate work in Mancot this summer.
The construction zone, identified as section four of the proposed pipeline, will involve the installation of underground pipes to transport gas up through Aston Hill. A 35mx30m maintenance valve station will be established here, allowing for the pipeline to be shut down for necessary works.
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Over the subsequent 17 months, a series of road closures or lane restrictions will be implemented as the project advances, although specific dates for these disruptions have not yet been disclosed.
Following the initial works in Mancot, contractors will extend the pipeline back across the River Dee and over the English border towards Mollington. The pipeline will then proceed towards the industrial zones of Ellesmere Port and Runcorn, where manufacturers and heavy industry will capture carbon dioxide emissions and channel them into the pipeline.
Additionally, a branch line will be constructed to transport carbon from Heidelberg Material 海角视频's Padeswood cement site.
Construction teams will concurrently progress works in the opposite direction through Aston Hill and Ewloe, skirting Northop Hall and veering towards Flint Mountain where it will link to an existing pipeline. This will transport carbon dioxide all the way to the Point of Ayr Gas Terminal in Talacre.
From this point, the carbon dioxide will be dispatched to a platform in the Douglas oil and gas field in the Irish Sea. Here, it will be injected into exhausted oil and gas reservoirs instead of being released into the atmosphere.
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The pipeline is set to capture 109 million tonnes of carbon over its first 25 years of operation – equivalent to removing 60.1 million cars from the roads for a year.
In addition to carbon capture, Hynet will also provide a hydrogen fuel generation service for industry. Initially, this will only operate in Cheshire, but plans are in place to extend this into Flintshire in a later phase of the project.
Overall, Hynet is expected to generate 6,000 jobs across North Wales and the North West of England, attracting around £5.5 billion in investment to the region.