Peel has announced plans to open the 海角视频鈥檚 first facility that turns waste plastic into hydrogen at its site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
The facility will be the first of 11 developed across the 海角视频, in collaboration with waste-to-energy firms Waste2Tricity and PowerHouse Energy, as part of a 拢130m investment.
The partnership is due to submit planning permission for the first site in the coming weeks, Peel said.
Peel Environmental鈥檚 Myles Kitcher said: 鈥淗ydrogen is increasingly being seen as a vital part of our journey to zero carbon.
鈥淭his deal could be transformational in delivering a 海角视频 first technology that can generate local sources of hydrogen but also provide a solution to plastic waste.
鈥淎s a business we鈥檙e looking at solutions for all plastics with a vision for these facilities to sit alongside recycling and recovery.鈥
If plans go ahead, the facility will use a thermal treatment technology developed by Powerhouse Energy, called 鈥榙istributed modular gasification鈥, to produce hydrogen from unrecyclable plastics which can be used to power buses and heavy goods vehicles before being rolled out to cars.
Peel said it is looking at developing a 鈥榗losed-loop鈥 solution at the site where plastics are recycled on-site with the leftover material used to create hydrogen.
Mr Kitcher added: 鈥淲e鈥檙e pioneering this solution in the north west but local authorities across the country could benefit from a more sustainable way to treat waste plastic, whilst also creating a local source of low carbon transport fuel which could help them meet their climate change targets.鈥
The partnership between the firms will see Peel Environmental provide real estate and infrastructure support, while Waste2Tricity is the developer and PowerHouse Energy is the technology and engineering services provider.
Waste2Tricity鈥檚 John Hall said: 鈥淎s pioneers of the low carbon distributed Hydrogen Economy, we are delighted to see this collaboration with Peel Environmental, who have recognised the importance of hydrogen as a fuel for the future.聽
鈥淎long with contributing to a growing circular economy, this innovative technology will undoubtedly play an important role in helping the 海角视频 meet its net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, whilst tackling the country鈥檚 problem of how to dispose of unrecyclable plastic.
David Ryan, CEO of PowerHouse Energy, added: 鈥淭his contractual agreement represents a substantial commitment from Peel L&P to the wider deployment of DMG Energy Recovery Technology in the 海角视频.
鈥淧eel L&P will aid the roll out of the technology and importantly they share our vision of the great potential arising from the distributed hydrogen economy.鈥
