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Hydrogen power agreement in principle struck for Heath Park in Runcorn

Hydrogen would be sourced from Stanlow with carbon sequestered in Liverpool Bay.  

John Lewis MBE, SOG’s owner and managing director, said: “The Heath Business and Technical Park is a well-established and thriving centre that is currently home to 124 individual businesses supporting around 2,000 jobs.

 

"Our vision is to build on this success by meeting the challenges of climate change through the creation of Heath Park, a vibrant net zero carbon environment of residential, commercial and retail space to complement the existing park.

"There’s also a ground-breaking vertical farm, powered by renewable energy, that is focal to a scheme that has superb ESG credentials.

“Access to reliable sources of low carbon energy is absolutely vital to our net zero aspirations.

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