Businesses in three counties would send their emissions to be stored under the Irish Sea.
The carbon dioxide would be captured at cement and lime sites before being fed into pipesIndustrial sites in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire are aiming to set up a network of pipes to collect carbon dioxide emissions and pump it to be stored under the Irish Sea.
The "Peak Cluster" group is made up of five cement and lime plants plus a waste power plant near Northwich. The aim is to have the pipelines up and running by 2030 with units set up at those sites to capture the emissions.Progressive Energy, the firm behind the project, said it would help the UK achieve "net zero"The cement and lime plants in the Peak District and Staffordshire Moorlands are owned by Tarmac, Breedon, Lhoist and Aggregate Industries.
The underground pipes will feed into one of two existing storage sites in the Irish Sea, at locations which once held natural gas. Project director John Egan from Progressive Energy said the scheme was still in its early stages, but would make a "crucial contribution" to driving down harmful emissions.But there have been warnings about the potential for CO2 leakage if the correct sites are not chosen.
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