RE: RNS OUT13 Oct 2025 12:36
This comment stands out :-)
The Company is advancing its transition from a petroleum exploration company to a pioneering clean energy developer with a bold vision to deliver nationally significant salt cavern hydrogen storage projects in South Dorset and East Yorkshire. This transition is fully in line with the Government's Clean Power 2030 target. We regard our planned at scale storage projects to be key enablers to deliver the government's clean power and decarbonisation targets in the south and north-east of the UK.
Our South Dorset project remains the sole planned at scale hydrogen storage project in the southern half of the UK. It will, therefore remain key to enabling the establishment of the future hydrogen network in the south and the decarbonisation of the UK's third largest CO2e emissions cluster by providing essential buffering of supply and demand to pipelines, producers and offtakers.
UK Energy Storage Ltd ("UKEn"), our wholly owned subsidiary, is at the vanguard of this exciting and real ambition and is one of a handful of potential hydrogen storage operators liaising with the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero's Hydrogen Storage Business Model group.
In March 2025, a report by Quod, an independent planning and economics consultancy, specialising in modelling the economic impacts of major infrastructure projects, stated that our South Dorset project could contribute Β£2.3bn annually to the UK economy during its 30+ year operational life.