An ongoing study is looking into whether water could be used to dissolve salt and form caverns to store hydrogen

That’s because the country has just 5% of Germany’s gas infrastructure, new analysis has found

It warns the region could face a gap of as much as 30bn cubic metres of natural gas during the summer period

It is hoped that the move will stave off a European gas supply shortage

This needs to be built from scratch, new research claims

The project will provide more than 25% of the UK’s storage capacity and make the country far more resilient to future supply issues