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LONDON - UK Energy Storage (UKEn), a subsidiary of UK Oil & Gas PLC (AIM:UKOG), has signed a memorandum of understanding with National Gas Transmission PLC to collaborate on hydrogen storage infrastructure development, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
The agreement focuses on connecting National Gas’s planned Project Union hydrogen pipeline system to UKEn’s proposed salt cavern hydrogen storage facilities in East Yorkshire and South Dorset. Project Union aims to link hydrogen production centers with storage facilities and consumers across the UK.
The collaboration will support both companies’ efforts to secure government revenue support through the Hydrogen Transport and Hydrogen Storage Business Model allocation rounds scheduled to begin in the first half of 2026.
National Gas, which operates the UK’s primary gas pipeline network serving power stations, industries and 24 million homes, plans to launch the first phase of Project Union by 2032. This initial phase will connect the East Coast hydrogen cluster from Teesside to Humberside, with routing to UKEn’s East Yorkshire project.
The companies identified UKEn’s planned South Dorset storage facility as a critical component for extending Project Union to southern England, noting it is currently the only planned national-scale hydrogen storage node in the region.
Both organizations acknowledged in the statement that connecting hydrogen storage facilities to transportation pipelines will be essential for the effective operation of the UK’s future hydrogen network.
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