Ellesmere Port, Cheshire - Proposed Hydrogen-Ready Combined Heat and Power Development

Notice Publicising a Proposed Application for a Development Consent Order for Essar Energy Transition Hydrogen Ready Combined Heat and Power Project (Phase 2)

Notice under Section 48 Planning Act 2008 and Regulation 4 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009

Notice is hereby given that EET Fuels, the trading name of Essar Oil (UK) Limited (company number 15928581) (the “Applicant”), of The Administration Building, 5th floor, Stanlow Manufacturing Complex (SMC), Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom, CH65 4HB, proposes to apply to the Planning Inspectorate under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 for a Development Consent Order (“DCO”) to construct, operate and maintain hydrogen-ready gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators and steam turbines, with a generating capacity of more than 50MW, and associated infrastructure (the ‘Proposed Development’) at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4HB (“the Refinery”).

The Proposed Development is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development for the purpose of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. This means that the proposed works constitute development for which an EIA is required and the proposed application for a DCO will therefore be accompanied by an Environmental Statement. The Environmental Statement will provide a detailed description of the Proposed Development and its likely significant environmental effects.

Consultation

The Applicant is undertaking a pre-application consultation on the Proposed Development from Tuesday 20 October to Wednesday 18 November 2026.

The consultation documents, plans and maps showing the location and nature of the Proposed Development will be available free of charge to read, download and print from 20 October 2026 until 18 November 2026, 23:59 at https://eethydrogenpower.com/engage/chp2planning/

The Applicant will host two in-person consultation events in the vicinity of the Refinery to provide opportunities to find out more about the Proposed Development, meet members of the project team, and ask questions. Attendees do not need to register in advance to attend. The details of the consultation events are as follows:

For further information or queries, please see the contact details below.

Feedback

You can share your feedback in the following ways:

• Online: visit our website and complete our online feedback form: https://thehydrogenpower.com/engage/chp2planning/

• Email: send your feedback to: H2Power@eetfuels.com; or

• Post: send a letter or hard copy feedback form (available at events or on request) to our freepost address, Freepost CHP2 (no stamp required).

Any feedback in respect of the Proposed Development must be received by the Applicant on or before 23:59 on Wednesday 18 November 2026.

The feedback will help to shape the final proposals submitted as part of the DCO application.

Contact the project team

If you have any questions about the Proposed Development, including any of the consultation documents, or you would like to receive hard copies or materials in an alternative format, this can be requested free of charge by contacting the team:

• Phone: 0151 350 4000; or

• Email: H2Power@eetfuels.com