Baker McKenzie, Ashurst & Linklaters advised on the UK’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage facility integrated with an energy-from-waste plant at Encyclis’ Protos Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Cheshire.

Baker McKenzie, has advised Encyclis on its landmark agreements with the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Low Carbon Contracts Company Limited to deliver the UK’s first full-scale carbon capture plant for Energy-from-Waste.

The confirmation of Government support for the Protos carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, North-West England, is a breakthrough for the UK’s industrial carbon capture deployment, which will advance the UK’s net zero transition and drive economic growth.

The Protos carbon capture plant is on track to be operational by mid-2029. The plant will capture around 370,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year from Encyclis’ adjoining Protos Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), which provides an essential public service by safely and sustainably converting non-recyclable waste into baseload electricity, heat and other reusable resources.

The Baker McKenzie team was led by Energy & Infrastructure Partners Philip Thomson and James Wyatt and also included Associates Silvina Rueda, Natalie Lawman and Jack Horrobin.

Ashurst has advised Encyclis on the development and financing of the UK’s first full-scale carbon capture plant at an energy-from-waste facility to be developed at Encyclis’ Protos EfW facility in Cheshire. The Ashurst team was led by partners Cameron Smith and Patrick Boyle.

Linklaters has advised the lenders on the financing of the UK’s first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage facility integrated with a waste-to-energy plant, to be developed at Encyclis’ Protos Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Cheshire.

The Linklaters team was led by Energy & Infrastructure partners Richard Ginks and Richard Coar together with managing associate Isabella Albani. The team included associates Ed Jackson, Aisling O’Kane, Paras Marya and Katerina Lipanski, and real estate counsel Imogen Jones.