Information for Southport EfW Plant, Southport Hybrid Energy Park
Status: PotentialPlanning Region: North West
Planning Sub-Region: Merseyside
Operator: Eqtec and Rotunda Group (and its subsidiary Shankley Biogas)
Capacity: 60,000 (RDF)
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: In September 2020 it was reported that Eqtec had signed a co-development agreement with Rotunda Group and Shankley Biogas for the Southport Hybrid Energy Park project, which was said to be a gasification plant to treat "more than 55,000 tonnes of RDF" [Source]. The proposed site is the site of Southport Skip Hire (55 Crowland Street, Southport) which is where Iona Capital Ltd obtained a mix of full and outline permission for 80,000tpa of Anaerobic Digestion, Waste Transfer Station and biomass boiler capacity from Sefton Council in 2016 (ref DC/2016/00534). According to a July 2022 Fact File from Eqtec, by June 2022 they were co-developer and gasification technology provider of the project, working closely in partnership with Rotunda Group and its subsidiary Shankley Biogas at Watts Industrial Estate, Southport Hybrid Energy Park, Merseyside, UK, and had "selected Wood as our technology partner for design and deployment of a ...waste-to-hydrogen solution during Phase 2 development of the multi-technology project" [Source]. A project page last updated in September 2022 indicated that they had yet to reach financial close [Source]. (Entry updated 2024-08-22)
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