ABP and px Group (px), the owner and operator of high-growth Saltend Chemicals Park, have launched plans for the Clean Growth Hub at the Port of Barry in South Wales.
The project aims to transform a large area of the operational port into an area of low-carbon, high-growth infrastructure investment. The site has in excess of 100 acres of development land earmarked for investee companies who are:
- Specialists in rare earths processing;
- Battery materials manufacturers;
- Manufacturers who are part of green energy and net zero supply chains; and
- Developing Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) business models.
ABP and px share the vision of a thriving, sustainable industrial hub focused on the industries of tomorrow, creating jobs, mobilising inward investment and boosting local prosperity and opportunity.
ABP’s Port of Barry already has significant low-carbon infrastructure in place and in development. The port currently has an operational 5 MW solar array, with further opportunity to scale up solar and wind power. ABP also has an ambitious partnership at the Port of Barry with Hynamics, an EDF Group subsidiary, to evaluate developing low-carbon hydrogen production and distribution to help reduce local industries’ CO2 emissions.
Port of Barry, ABP and px Group
The Port of Barry is one of ABP’s portfolio of 21 ports around the coast of Britain. It was once the UK’s leading port for shipping coal and now is a growing location for the UK’s 21st century green energy transformation. A gateway for trade and industry into Cardiff, South Wales, and beyond, Barry is a key facility for the region's chemical industry, handling liquid bulks for major companies including Dow Silicones. Barry also has considerable expertise in the handling of steel, scrap metal, containers, dry bulks, coal and aggregates.
The site will be operated and maintained by px Group, the company behind Saltend Chemicals Park on the Humber, which has attracted around £2 billion of investment since px purchased the site in 2018. Saltend is home to world-leading blue-chip companies on site, such as INEOS, Mitsubishi Chemicals, Vivergo and BP. Saltend is the location of the Hydrogen-to-Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend) project, a 600MW low-carbon hydrogen plant that recently received planning permission from the local authority, with its emissions captured and stored using carbon capture technology. Pensana’s rare earths project has also received planning permission to develop at Saltend.
px will also offer the same operations and maintenance (O&M) services – plus energy management, engineering support, and technical services – to investors at the site.
To find out more about submitting an expression of interest, contact: [email protected]
