HyNet

HyNet North West is the UK's most advanced industrial decarbonisation cluster, and the centrepiece of the Net Zero North West programme. Conceived by Progressive Energy in 2016 and developed by a consortium including Cadent, EET Hydrogen, Eni UK, INEOS Inovyn, and the University of Chester, HyNet is one of only two government-designated Track 1 industrial clusters in the UK, backed by up to £21.7 billion in government funding over 25 years.

HyNet North West delivers industrial decarbonisation through two interconnected systems: the production of over one million tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen per year at EET Hydrogen's HPP1 plant at Stanlow, which is then distributed to industrial users via the HyNet H₂ Pipeline developed by Cadent; and a carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure that transports CO₂ from industrial emitters across the cluster via pipeline to permanent, safe storage in depleted gas fields in Liverpool Bay, operated by Eni UK's Liverpool Bay CCS project. When at full capacity, HyNet North West will enable up to 10 million tonnes of CO₂ per year to be abated — the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road.

HyNet connects directly to the operations of many Net Zero North West members including EET Fuels, Encirc, Tata Chemicals Europe, INEOS Inovyn and Encyclis, and is the backbone infrastructure without which the region's net zero ambitions could not be delivered.