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| Reference Number | UKRI3155 | |
| Title | APP50312: MaxStoreUK | |
| Status | Started | |
| Energy Categories | Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal (CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 storage) 50%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 40%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 30%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 30%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr MC Akhurst Geology and Landscape Northern Britain British Geological Survey (BGS) - NERC |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2025 | |
| End Date | 01 October 2027 | |
| Duration | 24 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £644,805 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Unknown | |
| Region | East Midlands | |
| Programme | Energy and Decarbonisation | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr MC Akhurst , Geology and Landscape Northern Britain, British Geological Survey (BGS) - NERC |
| Other Investigator | John Andresen , Not supplied Saeed Ghanbari , Not supplied Ed Hough , Not supplied Lin Ma , Not supplied Eric Mackay , Not supplied Mercedes Maroto-Valer , Not supplied Jonathan Pearce , Not supplied Omid Shahrokhi , Not supplied Kevin Taylor , Not supplied John Williams , Not supplied |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The UK's geological storage resource is amongst the largest in Europe and is critical to the country achieving net zero by 2030. Funding has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for a two-year project, 'Maximising the UK geological storage resource' or MaxStoreUK. The project is led by BGS with collaborators from the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and researchers at Heriot-Watt University and The University of Manchester. The findings will inform investment decisions and policy development and maximise the use of the subsurface in the UK to reach net zero. MaxStoreUK will build on subsurface hydrogen and carbon storage research investigations previously completed as part of the IDRIC research programme. The objectives of the new project are to: Share tailored information on regional UK geological carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen storage opportunities with industry clusters and other key stakeholders; Present a UK hydrogen storage briefing to enable cross-sector policy collaboration; Increase understanding of CO2 storage in a UK Central North Sea frontier area of extensive strata with multiple prospective storage sites; Advise on solutions to specific risks for UK hydrogen storage with operators and regulators that are addressed by our modelling and experimental data. | |
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| Added to Database | 07/01/26 | |
