Bord Gáis joins project to store gas and hydrogen in decommissioned Kinsale field

Both ESB and Bord Gáis Energy operate significant electrical generation capacity at their onshore Aghada and Whitegate gas-fired power stations in Cork.

A crane ship working on the decommissioning of the Kinsale gas fields in July 2022 after production of natural gas at the Kinsale Head gas field, ceased after 42 years. Picture: David Creedon

Bord Gáis has joined ESB and dCarbonX in a project to re-develop the decommissioned gas reservoirs at the Kinsale Head gas field for large-scale green hydrogen energy storage.

The Kestrel Project will initially focus on the storage of natural gas, ultimately transitioning to green hydrogen.