HyNet represents a collection of world-leading organisations coming together to build a game-changing energy project. It aims to reduce carbon emissions from industry, and support growth in the north west of England and north Wales in the UK’s challenge to meet net zero carbon emissions.
It will provide carbon capture, transport and storage with the potential to reduce CO₂ emissions from industry by up to 10 million tonnes every year in the 2030s – the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road. It will also deliver a low carbon hydrogen network that will produce, store and distribute hydrogen to decarbonise the north west of England and north Wales.
LBCCS will be the CO₂ transport and storage operator to serve the HyNet industrial cluster. HyNet’s aims and principles for the transportation and storage of CO₂ have been backed by the Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
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The HyNet Carbon Capture and Storage infrastructure includes:
- Facilities to capture CO₂ emissions
- Pipelines to transport CO₂ emissions to permanent safe storage
- Storage in depleted gas reservoirs offshore in Liverpool Bay
Further HyNet elements include:
- Low-carbon hydrogen production plants
- A hydrogen pipeline network
- Salt caverns in which hydrogen can be stored
More information about HyNet North West is available at: hynet.co.uk