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Posted: Thu 21st Aug 2025 <\/p>\n
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A campaign group opposed to the HyNet carbon capture and storage project has applied for a judicial review of government approval for the scheme.<\/p>\n
HyNot is challenging the decision by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and the North Sea Transition Authority to grant development consent for HyNet, which intends to produce blue hydrogen from fossil gas at the Stanlow refinery in Cheshire and store captured carbon dioxide under Liverpool Bay.<\/p>\n
The group says the consent was unlawful, citing a failure to assess major accidents and disasters, a failure to comply with offshore habitat regulations, and a failure to assess the cumulative climate impacts of the project.<\/p>\n
HyNet will have a direct impact on Deeside. Carbon dioxide from industries based at Deeside Industrial Park is expected to be captured and sent by pipeline to Liverpool Bay for storage, and local businesses could eventually be supplied with hydrogen produced under the scheme. <\/p>\n
The project involves the construction of a new underground pipeline to transport captured carbon dioxide for offshore storage, with the route passing through Flintshire from Sandycroft to the Point of Ayr. <\/p>\n
Supporters say this could help safeguard manufacturing jobs and reduce emissions, while opponents argue it risks locking Deeside into continued fossil fuel dependence, raising costs for households and delaying investment in renewables and electrification.<\/p>\n
Catherine Green from HyNot said: \u201cHyNot is challenging HyNet in the courts because we believe the scheme will lock the country into continued fossil fuel use and undermine energy security through continued reliance on imported gas. HyNet won\u2019t help combat the climate crisis. Blue hydrogen isn\u2019t green, isn\u2019t economical and isn\u2019t a sustainable energy solution. Carbon capture and storage is ineffective, energy intensive and expensive. There are also serious health, safety and environmental concerns around the transport and storage of hydrogen and carbon dioxide.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cThe government has promised \u00a322billion in subsidies over 25 years for carbon capture and storage, which is untried and unproven at this scale anywhere in the world. Most of the subsidies will go to fossil fuel companies and come from consumers\u2019 energy bills, which are already among the highest in Europe. We believe the government should instead invest in proven climate solutions such as renewable energy, faster electrification, waste reduction and energy efficiency. This would bring down energy bills, improve energy security and create good long-term jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don Naylor from HyNot said: \u201cFossil fuel companies have known for decades that burning oil and gas causes climate change, so it\u2019s extraordinary that they\u2019ve been given billions of pounds in public funding to \u2018solve\u2019 that very same harm using unproven technology. For local communities in particular, it\u2019s extremely concerning that public prosecutors in Italy are investigating Eni and seven of its executives following last year\u2019s deadly explosion at the company\u2019s fuel depot near Florence. CO\u2082 pipelines pose significant safety hazards, including CO\u2082 being an asphyxiant if it leaks. It\u2019s vital that any consent for the HyNet scheme is revoked as the risk of major accidents hasn\u2019t been properly assessed. This should result in a complete reconsideration of Eni\u2019s worthiness to lead, and profit from, the Liverpool Bay CCS scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kate Grannell, a campaigner from Whitby in Ellesmere Port, said: \u201cCancer rates in Cheshire West are 16% above the national average, yet regulators still refuse to monitor carcinogenic particulates or assess cumulative health impacts. The EET Fuels site at Stanlow continues to operate under industry self-reporting with no independent oversight. Now, the same site is central to the HyNet scheme and is set to receive billions of pounds in public subsidies to produce hydrogen from fossil gas and store carbon dioxide under Liverpool Bay. If regulators won\u2019t monitor what\u2019s being released today, how can they be trusted to oversee a far riskier infrastructure tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n
Eni, which would operate the carbon storage site, has previously been responsible for oil leaks from the same Liverpool Bay field in 2017 and 2022.<\/p>\n
HyNot says the public has found it difficult to engage with the planning process for HyNet, which has been split into multiple applications across different regimes. The group says concerns about emissions reductions and job creation claims have often been dismissed on the grounds that they relate to separate parts of the overall scheme.<\/p>\n
HyNot is working with law firm Leigh Day on the legal proceedings and is crowdfunding for legal costs and campaign materials.<\/p>\n
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