The UK government has awarded almost £1million to a pilot hydrogen storage project based on controversial undersea caverns at the heart of a Northern Ireland legal challenge.
Friends of the Earth and community group No Gas Caverns are taking legal action against the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs which approved a marine licence for seven salt caverns under Larne Lough despite environment and biodiversity concerns.
Now it has been revealed that £986,000 of public funds will support the ‘Power-to-X’ project at nearby Ballylumford powerstation.
