Peak Cluster

Introduction

Thank you for visiting our consultation hub for Peak Cluster. This initial phase of consultation will run for six weeks, beginning on Monday 12th January and closing at 11:59pm on Friday 27th February 2025.

This first consultation phase is an important opportunity for people across the breadth of the project to help us shape our proposals as they develop. This consultation hub contains helpful information and resources that will provide you with the information you need to give us feedback on our proposals.

On the hub you will find:

Our interactive map
Information on the consultation itself including upcoming events
A document library where you can download our consultation materials
A feedback form, enabling you to easily navigate to the topics and areas which are of most interest to you.

About Peak Cluster

Peak Cluster is helping to secure the future of Britain’s cement and lime production industry. The project will help to protect existing jobs, and create new roles, while ensuring a reliable and sustainable supply of essential building materials for hospitals, homes, railways, and roads. It will also deliver a home-grown source of low-carbon lime—vital for purifying our drinking water and maintaining healthy soils for grazing livestock and growing crops.

The UK's cement and lime industry, concentrated in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, produces around 40% of the nation's supply. However, the manufacturing process releases significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂) the majority of which comes from the raw materials used.

To tackle this challenge, four leading cement and lime producers have joined forces to deliver Peak Cluster. Using proven carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, the project will capture CO₂ emissions at source and transport them via a new pipeline for safe, permanent storage beneath the East Irish seabed.

For more information about the project, why we need to deliver it, and those involved in its delivery, check out our project website here.

Project benefits

Peak Cluster will unlock a range positive impacts – both locally and nationally including:

You can find out more about the project’s benefits in our Project Overview here.

How it works

Peak Cluster will use a technology called carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reduce the CO₂ emitted as cement and lime are produced, from entering the atmosphere. The CCS process captures the carbon dioxide emissions at their source, before transporting through an underground pipeline to a secure storage site. The CO₂, which is currently emitted into the atmosphere when cement and lime are produced, will be captured in purpose-built facilities situated on the cement and lime plants. It will then be compressed so that it can be transported safely by new, purpose-built underground pipelines to MNZ for permanent offshore storage under the East Irish seabed.

More information on the project, carbon capture and storage, the project infrastructure, cement and lime, our approach to protecting the environment, the planning process and the construction process is available in our ‘your questions answered’ of the main website, here.