EnergyPathways selects Wood for gas and hydrogen storage project

EnergyPathways selects Wood for UK gas and hydrogen storage project

LANCASHIRE, December 10, 2024 – EnergyPathways has selected Wood as lead engineering partner on a large-scale gas and hydrogen storage project off the UK coast, the clean energy developer said on Tuesday.

The Marram Energy Storage Hub (MESH), located around 18 kilometres offshore Lancashire, will have an underground geo-storage capacity of around 1.42 bcm (50 bcf).

The project is intended to convert the country’s surplus wind energy into green hydrogen. Its location is home to 7-8 GW of planned and existing offshore wind power.

The UK government’s decarbonisation plans involve doubling onshore wind and quadrupling offshore wind by 2030, growing overall wind power capacity from 30 GW to around 90 GW.

Wood subsidiary Wood Group UK will undertake concept engineering and pre-FEED works for the MESH project, as well as working with contracted companies throughout the engineering, construction, commissioning and management phases.

Wood will also benefit from an exclusive period for proposing terms for advancing into FEED works.

EnergyPathways is targeting completion of the concept and pre-FEED activities in January.

The company said Wood was selected for its “leading expertise in energy transition and clean energy projects.”

West Sussex-headquartered EnergyPathways is a UK-focused developer of low-emissions energy solutions.