The suitability of UK salt caverns for use in storing H2 in rapid cycle mode is examined, based on detailed geotechnical analysis of saltfields in Yorkshire, Teesside and Cheshire. The facility could be storing low-carbon hydrogen as early as 2028. Hydrogen storage at Aldbrough | SSE The storage facility is integrated into Linde's 340-mile (545 km) hydrogen pipeline that serves more than 50 refineries and chemical plants from Sweeny, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana. Hydrogen Storage in salt caverns - NEUMAN & ESSER CNBC explains how the caves are used to store and generate hydrogen: "Caverns can be created . With renewable energy demand soaring in recent years, and expected to continue, hydrogen could be a crucial . A novel method and system for storing high purity hydrogen into a salt cavern is provided. . The dimensions are governed by the shape and geology of the salt layer. tool that will be used to develop the costs of salt cavern storage facilities. However, for many years, a small number of salt caverns have also been used to store hydrogen. The storage facility would initially have enough energy to power 150,000 households for one year. UK Oil & Gas PLC - Future hydrogen-ready energy storage project If this capacity is achieved it would materially increase the UK's current reported 61 bcf (1.7 bcm) total working underground gas storage capacity. A strategically located hydrogen-ready Energy-Hub within an active harbour site; Construction of up to 43 bcf (1.2 bcm) of hydrogen-ready salt cavern storage. . It will be taking place in person at The Geological Society in London on Monday 14th March from 9.30am to 4pm, but you can also join online if you are unable to attend in person. Particularly, the storage process involves storing high purity hydrogen into a salt cavern without seepage or leakage of the stored hydrogen through the salt cavern walls, by creating a substantially impermeable permeation barrier along the salt cavern walls. Upgrading the site to store hydrogen would involve converting the existing caverns or creating new purpose-built caverns to store the low-carbon fuel. Salt Caverns Store Hydrogen for the Mobility Revolution Mitsubishi, Texas Brine to explore salt cavern hydrogen storage The UK also has favourable geology for large-scale storage of hydrogen, and is already storing hydrogen in salt caverns and exploring storage in disused oil and gas fields under the North Sea.