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LONDON - EnergyPathways plc (AIM:EPP) has submitted an application for a Gas Storage Licence covering natural gas and hydrogen storage components of its MESH project located in the East Irish Sea off the Cumbria coast, according to a company press release.
The application follows a September 26 statement from Ed Milliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who confirmed the project should be considered a development of national significance.
The new licence application covers an area with potential for up to 60 storage salt caverns for natural gas and hydrogen, representing a nearly fourfold increase in the area targeted for salt cavern development.
EnergyPathways plans to submit a separate Development Consent Order application to the Secretary of State for other elements of the MESH project.
The company stated that if successful with its application, it intends to advance a hydrogen storage and transportation project integrated with its 90 MW methane pyrolysis hydrogen production facility being developed with KBR and Hazer. The planned hydrogen storage would supply the company’s hydrogen-to-power system being developed with Siemens Energy.
According to the press release, the MESH project is designed as an energy storage and decarbonization facility expected to provide low-carbon energy for the UK market for over 25 years. The system would store curtailed offshore wind power in salt caverns as compressed air.
The company aims to have the MESH project operational by 2030, subject to government approvals and financing.
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