Government gives green light to Irish Sea gas storage project

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Salt caverns below the Irish Sea to store 1.5bn cubic metres of gas

The government will later today issue the first license under its new regime for encouraging the construction of new gas storage capacity, effectively greenlighting the high-profile Gateway Project to...

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