px Group has launched a new team tasked with leading the energy transition for companies across industrial, energy and manufacturing sectors, as well as at critical national infrastructure sites.
The company will deploy the expertise and infrastructure management heritage of the wider group to drive through reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improved energy efficiency for new and existing customers.
px is responsible for processing 30 percent of UK gas and operates high complexity industrial sites throughout the UK, including the St Fergus Gas Terminal, Scotland and Teesside Gas Processing Plant. It also owns Saltend Chemicals Park, Hull, which will soon be home to one of the UK’s first clean hydrogen plants.
The company is involved in a number of other energy transition-related projects, including the MGT Teesside project, the world’s largest dedicated biomass plant.
Its Saltend site will soon be home to Pensana, which is building one of the world’s first rare earth separation facilities that produces materials critical to the wind turbine and electric car industries. Whilst in Scotland, Project Acorn, the Blue Hydrogen project, is also located at the px-operated St Fergus facility.
The new energy transition business unit will be led by David Henderson, who has been appointed managing director. He moves across from his previous role as chief commercial officer.
He said: “Energy transition will be faster and more far-reaching than most people realise, and it will impact every aspect of business.
“Businesses are supportive of the energy transition, but they also need technical help to deliver reduced emissions on their sites. With our experience of developing cleaner energy, deploying the right technology, and owning and running some of the most important sites in the UK, we’re ideally placed to provide the help they need on every step of the energy transition journey.”
Geoff Holmes, CEO of px Group, added: “px Group is both an owner and an operator. That means the energy transition is as important to us as it is to our clients. We have proven over many years that we can cut emissions and increase efficiency at the same time.
“That’s why I wanted a dedicated energy transition team. We must all decarbonise to have a sustainable future, and I wanted to make sure the expertise we have here at px Group can be used to help as many businesses as possible.”
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