Regeneration business Peel L&P has launched a new division in the UK and strengthened its focus on its natural resources and energy development activity.
Peel NRE brings together the skills of the Peel Energy, Peel Environmental and Peel Water teams.
Together they aim to help drive the nation’s clean growth agenda, support a circular economy and help achieve regional climate emergency targets.
Building on Peel L&P’s 20 years’ experience of delivering successful energy projects, the new division has plans to secure 300MW of additional renewable energy through wind and solar over the next five years.
This includes taking forward proposals for its Beaw Field and Mossy Hill wind farms on the Shetland Islands.
Its flagship 54-hectare Protos resource and energy hub in Cheshire is developing a cluster of low carbon energy generation, supporting industry through local networks as well being at the heart of the Net Zero North West industrial decarbonisation cluster.
Protos will also be the home of pioneering technology to maximise the recycling and reuse of plastic.
An important part of this will be the UK’s first plastic-to-hydrogen facility using technology provided by Powerhouse Energy.
With plans to develop more facilities like this across the country which lead to the delivery of around 154 tonnes of sustainable hydrogen production per day – the equivalent of being able to power 396,600 cars or 12,320 articulated HGVs per day.
Last month, Protos also celebrated the start on site of Covanta Energy’s 49MW Energy Recovery Facility that will generate low carbon electricity from up to 400,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste.
Myles Kitcher, who has headed up Peel L&P Environmental for the past 14 years will lead the new business as executive director.
Kitcher said: “Recent events across the world have put even more emphasis on the need for us to look after our planet and find ways to help to tackle climate change and the Government’s recent Energy White Paper presents lots of change and opportunity ahead for the industry.
“Peel NRE is already underway on a number of projects to help drive forward the nation’s clean growth and a circular economy whereby we reuse and recycle as many products and materials for as long as possible.
“We have years of experience and can scale up our projects and partnership work to help the Government achieve a green industrial revolution and support local authorities to meet regional climate emergency targets.
“Bringing our specialisms together as one business harnesses our strengths and with this, I believe we can do more, drive better results and improve innovation across the sector and in the north at a time when it’s needed most.”
Peel NRE is also expected to Peel L&P’s wider sustainability commitments and a five-year strategy published last year which is aligned to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.