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Dorset storage project eyes key role in UK hydrogen network
Salt caverns linked to cluster in southern England could bridge gap between supply and offtake profile
A proposed storage project beneath the UK’s largest former naval base in Dorset could play a strategic role for the UK’s hydrogen economy and its energy security, according to analysts. Proposals for the Dorset Hydrogen Storage Facility, which would use underground salt caverns, have received a letter of support (LOS) from SGN, the operator of the planned H2 Connect hydrogen transmission line, which would connect the storage site with the Solent Cluster in southern England and the wider UK hydrogen grid. Independent exploration and production company UK Oil & Gas, which is developing the project, said the LOS was key to securing revenue support from the government, which has up to now re
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