Minister visits Padeswood to learn about net zero plans

Wales Minister David TC Davies MP has visited our Padeswood plant in Flintshire to hear first-hand about our plans to upgrade the site to become the UK’s first net zero cement works.

If the industry leading project goes ahead, it would be only the second facility of its kind in the world and would set the UK’s construction industry on a path to achieving the government’s 2050 net zero targets. 

The plant would supply net zero cement to projects such as new offshore wind farms, nuclear power stations, and clean transport infrastructure by capturing and storing 800,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions in expired gas fields in the Irish Sea through a carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline – part of the HyNet North West and North Wales programme. If built, the project would begin supplying net zero cement from 2027.

David TC Davies said: “The UK Government has hugely ambitious plans to reach net zero by 2050 with business and industry in Wales playing a key role. It was fantastic to see how Hanson Cement aims to reach its own carbon-neutral targets with world-leading technology here in Flintshire while continuing to create and support jobs.”