Brunner Mond has submitted an application to build a new Sustainable Energy Plant on the site of the disused power station at our Northwich East site in Griffiths Road, Lostock.

As a major energy user, we need to reduce our reliance on expensive, climate-damaging fossil fuels such as gas. We hope to do this by building a highly efficient sustainable energy plant that will produce around a third of our business's heat energy from a sustainable fuel - a non-hazardous, solid fuel made from pre-treated waste and some plant-derived material, known as biomass.

Our new Sustainable Energy Plant will be able to produce energy in ways that reduce the production of the greenhouse gases that are contributing to climate change, by preventing methane release from landfills and reducing the need to burn fossil fuels.

Our application for consent is currently being considered by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). A copy of the application is available to view online and you are invited to share your views on our proposals.