Pioneering carbon capture projects ready for construction

Posted on 25 September 2025

Two carbon capture projects in North Wales and North West England have signed contracts, ready to begin construction and securing hundreds of jobs.

• Two trailblazing carbon capture projects to break ground, securing 500 good jobs through the clean energy superpower mission
• World-leading carbon capture technology to be built at cement works in Flintshire, North Wales, alongside first-of-a-kind waste-to-energy facility in Cheshire, delivering growth for the regions 
• Jobs secured due to government’s £9.4 billion investment into Carbon Capture at the Spending Review

500 skilled clean energy jobs will be secured for workers in North Wales and the North West as 2 trailblazing carbon capture projects get ready for construction. 

The UK’s first carbon capture-enabled cement plant at Padeswood, developed by Heidelberg Materials UK, and one of the world’s first full-scale carbon capture-enabled waste-to-energy facilities at Protos in Ellesmere Port, developed by Encyclis, have signed final contracts with government to begin construction. The 2 projects will provide highly skilled opportunities for Britain’s engineers, construction workers, technicians and health and safety experts.  

Cement and waste-to-energy production are carbon-intensive and have no route to cut emissions without carbon capture. As the government accelerates to net zero, Padeswood and Protos will deploy world-leading technologies to remove 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, forging a cleaner future with secure, long-term jobs for workers and businesses in the cement and waste-to-energy industries.   

The projects will serve as the launch-point for exporting British technology, innovation and expertise abroad, creating economic opportunities for UK-based companies across the world - boosting growth and giving British business a competitive edge in the global green economy. 

These are the first 2 anchor projects to join Eni’s Liverpool Bay Transportation & Storage network, part of the HyNet carbon capture cluster which was green-lit by the Prime Minister in April, after years of delay in getting the industry moving. As a key pillar of the modern Industrial Strategy, the government further backed carbon capture in June’s Spending Review with £9.4 billion over this Parliament to revitalise Britain’s industrial heartlands with good, skilled jobs for working people. 

Today’s announcement is that investment in action - shovel-ready projects, jobs secured, and growth locked in for decades to come across North Wales and the North West. 

Read more / Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pioneering-carbon-capture-projects-ready-for-construction