EnergyPathways has secured a license to operate a block that will play host to the UK’s largest gas and hydrogen energy storage project, paving the way for a Final Investment Decision (FID) to be taken in 2025.
With the UK’s lack of gas storage in the news recently, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) granting approval to EnergyPathways for Block 110/4a is a key step towards changing that and a crucial milestone for the development of the Marram Energy Storage Hub (MESH) project.
EnergyPathways has also selected PDi to provide it with engineering study support as it progresses MESH through the pre-Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) process.
According to EnergyPathways, MESH will be able to store more than 500 million therms of energy when it commences operations from the end of 2027. This will offer the UK a secure and dependable supply of natural gas and green hydrogen for more than 20 years. It has been designed to be a fully dearbonised and electrified zero emission facility, powered by wind farms in the UK Irish sea region.
Ben Clube, CEO of EnergyPathways, said: “This winter’s conditions highlight the importance of the need to increase the UK’s natural gas and energy storage capacity to improve its energy security and to alleviate the impact of volatile global energy prices on UK household budgets.”
