Mining Institute of Scotland (MIS)

The Mining Institute of Scotland an affiliated Local Society of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining invites you to attend a Joint Meeting with the Edinburgh Geological Society Wednesday, 12th February 2025 at 19:00 hours "Geological Storage of Hydrogen for Net Zero"
Presented by Katriona Edlmann, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh


To meet the global commitments for net zero carbon emissions our energy mix must transition from fossil fuels. Hydrogen is gaining increasing recognition as a low carbon energy option to support this energy transition. Hydrogen can promote increased renewable energy uptake by delivering large scale energy store to balance supply and demand. Hydrogen is also being considered as a low-carbon substitute for fossil fuels to decarbonise industrial heat, industrial processes, power generation and heavy-duty transport. For hydrogen to be deployed at the scales required for net zero, we will need access to large-scale geological storage. This talk will introduce the role of hydrogen to decarbonise energy, the scales of hydrogen storage required, the different hydrogen storage technologies under consideration and introduce the existing hydrogen storage projects currently underway or in planning. It will also highlight the suitability of Scotland’s geology to host these storage technologies and explore the integration of hydrogen storage within our existing energy system.

The lectures will take place in the Hutton Lecture Theatre in the Grant Institute of Geology, The King’s Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FE.

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