The UK’s largest hydrogen storage caverns are relocating to the Port of Portland.
The company behind the project have agreed to lease a site west of Weymouth, a deal is still waiting to be approved by the landowners.
The new plans are for 24 salt caverns to be drilled 1.3km underground.
The company have stated that this could store up to one billion cubic metres of hydrogen.
The UK Oil and Gas PLC (UKOG) said that it is also considering plans for a green hydrogen plant and Portland Port.
This would be linked to the new hydrogen site.
Most hydrogen in the UK is described as “Blue Hydrogen”.
This mean that is controversially extracted from fossil fuels, release large levels of carbon dioxide in the area.
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