ETI announces project to identify salt caverns suitable for storing hydrogen
25/04/2016 Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)
-€¢ ETI issues Request for Proposals seeking partners for Salt Cavern Appraisal for Hydrogen and Gas Storage project-€¢ The project builds on earlier ETI work which showed that storing hydrogen in salt caverns could provide a significant contribution to decarbonising the UK's future electricity grid
-€¢ The request for proposals will close on 2 June 2016; the deadline for notification of intention to submit a proposal is 11 May 2016
A new project is being launched by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to examine in further detail the potential for storing hydrogen and hydrogen gas mixtures in salt caverns which can then be used in gas turbines when demand for electricity is high.
An ETI report published last year highlighted the potential role hydrogen storage could play in a clean, responsive power system.
It detailed how using salt caverns to store hydrogen to be used for power generation reduces the level of investment required at a system level to build new clean power station capacity. The report showed how a single H2 cavern could cater for the peak energy demands and fluctuations of a whole city.
There are over 30 large salt caverns in use in the UK today storing natural gas for the power and heating market.
For more information, please contact:
Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)
Holywell Building
Holywell Way
Loughborough
LE11 3UZ
Tel: +44 1509 202020
Web: www.eti.co.uk
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