ENERGY
HEAVY INDUSTRY
FUEL PRODUCTION - STANLOW REFINERY
Stanlow Refinery, located sought-west from the Frodsham Marshes is the second largest oil refinery in UK, after Fawley Refinery, and produces a 6th of UK’s petrol needs. It also produces jet fuel as well as diesel. The refinery has the capacity of 296 000 barrel per day or 12 million tonnes per year. Stanlow Refinery is part of the UK Oil Pipeline Network which connect Stanlow (Cheshire) with Haven (Thames Estuary) Refineries.
HEAVY INDUSTRY
HIGH VOLTAGE GRID
The area is crossed by two major High Voltage routes. 4ZF line (275kV) route travels from Rainhill substation in St Helens to Frodsham substation and YY line – 400kV route from Frodsham substa- tion in Cheshire West and Chester to Rocksavage substation in Halton.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
WIND FARM PROPOSAL
In February 2010 Peel Group submitted an application for Wind Farm which is to be located in direct relation to the Frodsham Marshes. The project comprises of 20 wind turbines which after further amend- ments were reduced to 19, and a substation located to the south of Gristole Lane. Each turbine would have blade tip height of 125m with capacity to produce 3MW. The project will be completed in the last quarter of 2016.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
MERSEY TIDAL POWER
Feasibility Study took place in June 2011. Mersey Estuary has one of the largest tidal range in UK, making it one of the best location for power generation. It has the potential to make significant con- tribution to secure 15% of UK energy from renewable resources by 2020.