Ed Miliband at the London energy summit
Major UK CCS project set for lift-off as Eni wins state funding
Liverpool Bay project on track for 2028 startup as Italian energy company reaches financial close with government for CO₂ transport and storage network
Construction of the Liverpool Bay CCS project in the Irish Sea off the UK’s west coast is set to begin this year after Italian energy company Eni, which will operate the project’s transportation and storage systems, finalised a financial support package with the UK government. The project is expected to start up in 2028 and form the backbone of the HyNet Cluster, one of the UK’s first regional low-carbon industrial hubs, which will take CO₂ captured from sites across the northwest of England and north Wales. Emitters joining the cluster include cement makers, energy from waste plants and blue hydrogen producers. Eni will move the CO₂ into permanent storage in depleted natural gas reservoirs
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