A rapid hardening of hydrogen policy could pave the way for the huge Rough storage facility to provide energy security for the short term, holding crucial winter gas supplies.
Government laying out a regulatory framework for storage of the key solution to reach Net Zero could also build the case for the East Yorkshire asset to play a vital role as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.
Should the Putin regime cut off gas supplies to Europe then the squeeze could be put on market supply from Norway - a country the UK has direct pipeline links with.
