ITM Power PLC (LON:ITM) said its large-scale power-to-gas energy storage deployment study with Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has found four suitable locations for a power-to-gas demonstration facility.
The AIM-listed firm said in a statement that, of the four locations found, Low Thornley in Gateshead is recommended as the most suitable site for a large-scale first-of-a-kind power-to-gas demonstration supplying stored energy to either majority domestic or industrial gas customers.
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ITM Power said a site at Low Thornley could deliver stored energy in the form of low carbon gas to over 243,000 customers, while its close proximity to the A1 and the urban centres of Newcastle and Gateshead would provide opportunity to develop a local hydrogen refuelling station network which would enable fuel cell electric vehicles to travel from London to Aberdeen.
Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM Power, said: “This feasibility study has resulted in a close working relationship with Northern Gas networks and the results are very exciting for the development of large scale power-to-gas energy storage in their network."
The group said the feasibility study, announced in November 2017 and funded by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), was focused on deployments capable of operating cost-effectively from 50MW energy storage capacity upwards within the boundaries of the NGN gas distribution network.