Hawkins Construction to build UK's largest carbon capture plant

Skelmersdale-based Hawkins Construction has been appointed the principal contractor of what will become the UK's largest carbon capture and utilisation plant.

The £16.7m project will be delivered on behalf of Tata Chemicals Europe at a site in Northwich, Cheshire. 

The plant will remove carbon dioxide from TCE’s combined heat and power plant emissions. The gas will then be purified and liquified for use in the manufacture of sodium bicarbonate. The TCE site is the largest single site user of carbon dioxide in the UK, and is set to capture emissions equivalent to 22,000 cars being taken off the road, contributing to the UK government’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.