Today’s operations
- The Easington Terminal has been on of the UK’s main sites for receiving and processing natural gas since 1967.
- Currently up to one third of the UK’s total gas supply enters via Easington.
- Centrica Energy Storage operates the Easington onshore gas processing terminal and the Rough gas storage facility in the Southern North Sea.
- Having restarted storage operations at Rough in 2022 to bolster the UK’s energy security and help reduce consumer bills, it now provides half of the UK’s gas storage, enough to heat 2.4 million homes over winter.
Energy transition plans
- The Humber is evolving into a leading renewables and low carbon energy hub, revitalising the region's industrial heartlands. Decarbonising the Humber has already brought much needed direct and supply chain jobs as well as develop local skills and work force developments.
- Equinor, SSE Thermal and Centrica Energy Storage+ have come together to propose a network of hydrogen production, storage and usage in the Humber and beyond, connected by underground pipelines.
- Collectively, these projects form the Humber Hydrogen Hub, which aims to support sustainable energy solutions in the Humber region. The Humber Hydrogen Pipeline is the critical infrastructure which enables the Hub, connecting hydrogen production, storage and usage locations in the Humber.
- Centrica Energy Storage+ and Equinor propose a multi-stage green and blue hydrogen production facility at Easington (H2H Easington), with initial projects commissioned by the end of the decade and potential expansion throughout the 2030s. These projects could displace current natural gas demand and facilitate the energy transition in the aviation sector.
- Centrica also has plans to redevelop Rough to increase natural gas storage in the short term and enable Rough to be the world’s largest hydrogen storage in the future. The 40-year-old site requires significant investment to enable this expansion, and to allow it to store hydrogen.
- Humber Hydrogen Hub
An ambition to expand to 1.0 GW Green Hydrogen + 1.2 GW Blue Hydrogen in future development phases.