Breedon says its Hope Cement Works, which employs over 200 people and is a significant contributor to the region's carbon dioxide emissions, will play an integral role in this project as it supports the region's ambitions to decarbonise.
Together with the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant in Cheshire and four other cement and lime plants in the Peak District and Staffordshire Moorlands, including sites owned by Tarmac, Lhoist and Aggregate Industries, the project will remove over three million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year by 2030, a move that will reduce total emissions from the industry by 40% in the UK.
Peak Cluster, which is led by Progressive Energy, will see carbon dioxide emissions captured and transported from industrial plants in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire before permanently storing the carbon dioxide beneath the Eastern Irish Sea. The project has access to a number of storage options, including Liverpool Bay CCS, or the recently announced Morecambe Net Zero project.
Breedon Group CEO Rob Wood commented: "Our purpose is to make a material difference to the lives of our colleagues and customers and communities, and our products play an essential part in creating a sustainable built environment for everyone and we are thrilled to play an integral role in Peak Cluster.
"Securing a sustainable future for the UK's cement industry will be vital if we are to achieve net zero as a country while also continuing to invest in our economy and deliver key infrastructure projects, new homes, schools and hospitals."
