Tony O'Reilly jnr's dCarbonX gets green light to develop gas storage facility in Irish Sea

The energy storage company said the facility 'is also being engineered for future conversion to hydrogen storage in the future'

dCarbonX is already involved in a project to redevelop the decommissioned gas reservoirs at the Kinsale Head gas field for large-scale gas storage. File photo

Tony O’Reilly jnr’s energy storage company dCarbonX, along with a leading European gas infrastructure operator, has been given the go-ahead to develop a new facility in the east Irish Sea which could boost the UK’s gas storage capacity by around 50%.

The facility is to be developed on the Bains gas site which is located near Barrow-in-Furness which is north of Blackpool. The gas site is 30km off the coast and 20 metres under water.