We would like to invite you to this talk organised by SCCS partners British Geological Survey for the Central Scotland Regional Group of the Geological Society.
8th April 2025, refreshments at 5:30pm for 6pm start
The East Midlands is poised to become the largest inland hydrogen cluster in the UK, supplied via Cadent’s East Coast Hydrogen pipeline. To ensure energy security, resilience and affordability for hydrogen, storage will become a vital link in the local economy. Project East Midlands Storage (EMStor) is a Strategic Innovation Funded feasibility study on the development of hydrogen storage in repurposed hydrocarbon fields. After many years of production, the East Midlands has a number of depleted oil reservoirs in close proximity to the proposed hydrogen pipeline network that could potentially be used to store hydrogen, subject to technical feasibility and further development work.
Project EMStor will demonstrate at scale the technology readiness of underground hydrogen storage in the East Midlands and develop our understanding of technical, social and economic facets. These include the public’s perception of hydrogen storage, the geological feasibility and well integrity assessment of prospective hydrocarbon fields, the approach to regulatory, permitting and planning for any subsequent demonstration and finally decisions on next steps and future phasing. By showcasing the potential storage in the East Midlands, project EMStor may demonstrate the technical viability of underground hydrogen storage in a methodology that is widely replicable for other repurposed hydrocarbon fields.
Speaker profile
Dr Tim Armitage is a Geoscientist at the British Geological Survey (BGS) where he investigates underground hydrogen storage and the natural occurrence of hydrogen. Tim has a strong technical background, founded by a PhD and postdoc in geoenergy, in which he produced the UK Integrated Hydrogen Storage Database. This is coupled with experience of the wider energy system and hydrogen policy landscape gained through consultancy. Of note, he has helped shape the Hydrogen Storage Business Model and has presented evidence on hydrogen storage to the House of Lords as part of an inquiry into Long Duration Energy Storage. Tim promotes the need for a clean decarbonised power grid, enabled through large-scale energy storage balancing intermittent renewable energy.
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