By Martin Wright, founder and executive chairman of Gravitricity
With green hydrogen a major element in Scotland’s net zero plans, we need to find ways to store it safely and economically, says Martin Wright, founder and executive chairman of Gravitricity.
Chris Stark said at a Westminster committee hearing this month that the government will explore funding methods used for renewable power to support hydrogen storage.
UK Oil & Gas (AIM:UKOG) has announced it will prioritise progressing its South Dorset hydrogen storage project over its original proposal on the Isle of Portland.
Global investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has invested £100 million of equity into Aegis Energy to fund a roll-out of hydrogen and multi-fuel refuelling infrastructure for fleets in the UK.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar defended his party’s energy policies and denied there has been a “ban” on new exploration licences in the North Sea.
The UK government expects to make a decision on the introduction of zonal pricing by mid-2025, but what would it mean for Scotland if the plans go ahead?
But Scottish acting cabinet secretary for net zero and energy Gillian Martin said future opportunities at Grangemouth, including hydrogen, would be more commercially viable if the Acorn carbon capture project received UK government funding.
Teesworks Ltd, the UK’s largest freeport and a major low-carbon industrial regeneration site in the North of England, has posted a slump in revenue and profits, one year after a government probe into its sale to private owners.
Two Scottish green hydrogen projects are among the first of three to sign contracts with the UK government under the first hydrogen allocation round (HAR1).
UK minister of state for industry, Sarah Jones, has said she is convinced hydrogen should “be at the heart” of plans to grow the economy and reach net zero by 2050.
Scottish green hydrogen technology startup Clyde Hydrogen is launching a £5 million funding round after achieving a "critical technology breakthrough".
Engineering solutions provider Technica has launched a new energy-focused company as it looks to take advantage of the Humber Estuary’s growing hydrogen and carbon capture industries.
The UK’s first ever carbon storage permit has been awarded to BP, TotalEnergies and Equinor’s joint venture project, the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP).
SSE (LON:SSE) and Siemens Energy (FWB:ENR) have launched a new collaboration, Mission H2 Power, aimed at developing gas turbine technology capable of running on 100% hydrogen.
British Gas owner Centrica (LON:CSA) is on track to meet full year expectations despite predicting a loss at its storage business which includes the UK's strategic North Sea gas store, Rough.
Decommissioning of a disused platform at the UK's largest gas storage facility, run by Centrica at the depleted Rough gas field off the Yorkshire coast, suggests there's no turning back from plans to redevelop the field to store hydrogen.