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    1. Energy Transition

    EnergyPathways sets five-year timeline for Irish Sea gas/hydrogen storage project

    Jan. 14, 2025
    Britain’s North Sea Transition Authority has approved EnergyPathways’ bid for license operatorship for Block 110/4a in the East Irish Sea offshore northwest England.
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    Courtesy EnergyPathways Plc
    MESH - Major Gas & Green Hydrogen Storage Facility
    EnergyPathways says the planned MESH energy storage infrastructure will be designed to provide a secure and reliable supply of natural gas and green hydrogen for more than 25 years.

    Britain’s North Sea Transition Authority has approved EnergyPathways’ bid for license operatorship for Block 110/4a in the East Irish Sea offshore northwest England.

    Courtesy EnergyPathways Plc
    EnergyPathway’s MESH project (Marram Energy Storage Hub) is located 11 miles from the Lancashire coast.
    EnergyPathway’s MESH project (Marram Energy Storage Hub) is located 11 miles from the Lancashire coast.

    This is the location for the company’s planned Marram Energy Storage Hub (MESH) offshore gas/hydrogen storage project.

    The approval allows MESH to proceed to preparation and submission of the field development plan and environmental statement.

    It has appointed consultants PDi to provide engineering study support for the Marram gas field development regarding the tie-in connection of MESH, as part of the pre-front end engineering and design process. Marram will produce via a subsea-beach project. 

    Recently, EnergyPathways named Wood as project lead engineering partner for MESH.

    The planned storage hub would be the UK's largest natural gas and hydrogen energy storage facility, the company claims, capable of storing more than 500 MM therms of energy. Commencement of production operations are planned to be from the end of 2027.

    Indicative start of hydrogen storage operations is 2028-29.

    MESH is designed as a fully decarbonized and electrified zero emission development that will be powered by local wind farms in the Irish Sea.

    Editor's note: This story was updated 1:10 p.m. CT on Jan. 14, 2025. Commencement of production operations are planned to be from the end of 2027 as opposed to the end of 2029, which was originally included in the press release from EnergyPathways on Jan. 13. Indicative start of hydrogen storage operations is 2028-29.

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