HyNet welcomes the decision by the Secretary of State for the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to grant a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the HyNet North West CO2 pipeline. The DCO will allow the construction, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure to transport captured CO2 as part of the HyNet CCS cluster, where Eni is the transportation and storage operator.
The DCO is the first Anglo-Welsh cross border application for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) to be granted a DCO by DESNZ. It marks the completion of an 18-month determination process following Eni’s submission of the DCO application in October 2022. The DCO brings the HyNet CCS cluster closer to the execution phase, with FID expected by September 2024.