Energy storage is going to be absolutely central to the timely achievement of Net Zero. That storage will have to be applied over a vast spectrum of times ranging from fractions of a second to many months – and possibly more than a year.
Storing pure hydrogen in caverns has a vital role to play in this, because the transformations from primary energy to hydrogen and back to usable energy are so relatively straightforward.
This event, which takes place at the Geological Society in London on Wednesday 29th March, sets out to explore some of the key challenges involved in deploying the necessary amounts of hydrogen storage in caverns.
Event Summary
The event will examine:
- The potential in the UK for making salt caverns to store hydrogen
- The technical challenges of storing hydrogen in caverns
- How hydrogen storage blends with large-scale compressed air energy storage and other thermo-mechanical energy storage solutions much better suited to shorter timescales than hydrogen.
- Examination of case studies of hydrogen storage in caverns
It will conclude with a panel session comprising experts from academia and industry.
Event Programme
09:20 – 09:50 – Registration
09:50 – 10:00 – Introduction, Professor Seamus Garvey, University of Nottingham
10:00 – 10:20 – Marcus Eich (Uniper): The impact of hydrogen blending on existing gas storage infrastructure (the compatibility topic)
10:20 – 10:40 – Alan Leadbetter (Storengy): Hypster project – Large scale hydrogen underground storage in France.
10:40 – 11:00 – Hans-Age Nielsen (Corre Energy): An overview of Corre Energy’s ongoing projects in Denmark and the Netherlands
11:00 – 11:10 – Q&As
11:10 11:30 – Coffee Break and Networking
11:30 – 11:50 – Sebastian Boor (Uniper): Hydrogen pilot cavern development at Krummhorn, Germany
11.50 – 12:10 – Richard Applewhite (Inovyn): The HyKeuper Project – Planning a large H2 storage in the UK.
12:10 – 12:30 – Felicia Chang / Louis Day (Element Energy): Business and commercial aspects of H2 storage in caverns
12:30 – 12:40 – Q&As
12:40 13:45 Lunch and Networking
13:45 – 14:05 – Tim Armitage (ARUP) : Title to be confirmed
14:05 – 14:25 – Elodie Zausa (Geostock): Different ways to store H2 underground with a focus on lined rock cavern project from a business development standpoint
14:25 – 14:45 – Serge van Gessel (IEA Hydrogen TCP) “Towards demonstration and implementation of underground hydrogen storage”
14:45 – 15:05 – Andres Fernandez and Tasos Stavrou (WSP): The State of Hydrogen Underground Storage Projects. A Real Sample under development in Utah.
15:05 – 15:15 – Q&As
15:15 – 15:35 – Coffee Break and Networking
15:35 – 16:20 – A thought-provoking discussion panel including:
- Shabana Jamil – Head of Hydrogen Storage Business Model @ Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
- Frances Buckingham – Energy Engineer@ Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
- Susannah Ferris – Hydrogen Market Strategy Lead @ National Grid
- Michael Wagner – Hydrogen Advisor @ AFRY
16:20 – 16:30 – Closing Words
16:30 – Finish
