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Pre-applicationGas storage· EN0310001

Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1

A nationally significant infrastructure project in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester. The promoter is consulting and preparing its application.

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Where it is in the process

  1. Pre-application
  2. Submitted
  3. Pre-examination
  4. Examination
  5. Recommendation
  6. Decision due
  7. Decided

The site

The outline is the boundary the promoter published. It can include cable, pipeline or road routes as well as the main site. 359 hectares inside the published boundary.

What is proposed

Material Change to the Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2017 [S.I. No. 2017/433] from an Underground Natural Gas Storage (UGS) facility to an Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) facility. The project consists of 19 salt caverns and associated hydrogen gas treatment and transfer facilities.

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