The Humber is already home to a wide range of chemical businesses who are thriving in the ever changing economic environment. The area has major facilities offering what is thought to be one of the best remaining industrial deep water port opportunities in Europe supported by excellent transportation links. This combined with an availability of Greenfield sites already available for industrial development, and Europe’s biggest CHP (combined heat and power plant), providing cogeneration on a grand scale.

As well as enabling the Humber based refineries maintain their competitive positions in the European refining market by reducing utility costs by about 30%, it also reduces their environmental impact. It is estimated that the plant, with an overall efficiency of around 70%, will save about 3 million tonnes of CO2 per year compared with conventional coal fired generation. Among other benefits is the contribution to the energy infrastructure for future industrial development on the Humber Bank.

In addition to what the area itself has to offer, HCF has an established networking infrastructure offering a unique opportunity to our members to share best practice and bench marking, as well as a programme of conference events and seminars targeting specialist topic areas. Click here, to view our up and coming events. Please feedback back any subjects that may be of interest to you to help shape our future events programme.

HCF continues to address new and emerging issues which (along with the emerging Bio-Fuels market), coupled with its Investment, Skills and Networks themes, will promote and drive the competitiveness of the Humber chemical cluster.