EnergyPathways joins UK Critical Minerals Association

LONDON - EnergyPathways plc (AIM:EPP), a UK energy transition company, has joined the Critical Minerals Association (UK), according to a press release issued Thursday.

The membership aligns the company with a forum that connects industry, academia, and government across critical minerals supply chains. EnergyPathways stated the association will support its engagement with policymakers as it advances its MESH project, which includes planned production of high-grade synthetic graphite.

Ben Clube, CEO of EnergyPathways, said the CMA provides industry with "a collective voice" to engage with the UK Government, noting its role as Secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Critical Minerals.

Kirsty Benham, Chief Executive Officer of the Critical Minerals Association (UK), described EnergyPathways' MESH project as "an exciting, innovative opportunity for integrated clean energy solutions."

The MESH project is described as an energy storage and decarbonization facility that will incorporate long duration energy storage, flexible low-carbon power capacity, and low-carbon hydrogen and graphite production. According to the company, the system is designed to capture and store curtailed offshore wind power in salt caverns as compressed air.

EnergyPathways indicated the MESH project is targeted to be operational by 2030, subject to government approvals and financing, with the aim of contributing to the UK Government's 2030 Clean Power objectives.

The company stated it will produce synthetic graphite as a byproduct of its hydrogen production process, which uses methane pyrolysis technology for which EnergyPathways claims exclusive rights within the UK.

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