Centrica Energy Storage+

CES+ is the owner and operator of Rough, the UK's largest gas storage facility, helping manage seasonal demand and energy security.

Centrica Energy Storage (CES+) is the owner and operator of Rough, the UK's largest gas storage facility

Rough helps manage seasonal demand and energy security. CES+ has increased the capacity at Rough to 54bcf and continues to explore its role in the future of hydrogen.

In our reporting structure, CES+ operates within Centrica Gas.

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Centrica Energy Storage + in Numbers

54

billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas storage

£2m

adjusted operating profit (2024)

We operate the Rough gas storage facility in the Southern North Sea and the Easington onshore gas processing terminal in East Yorkshire, having restarted storage operations at Rough in 2022 to bolster the UK's energy security and help reduce consumer bills.

Today, Rough provides half of the UK's gas storage, being able to store 54 bcf of gas - enough to provide the equivalent volume of gas to heat 2.4 million homes over winter.

The long term aim is to turn Rough into the largest long duration energy storage facility in Europe, capable of storing both natural gas and hydrogen with the goal of bolstering the UK’s energy security .

Shorten version: Formerly Centrica Storage Limited (CSL), we changed our name to reflect our broader ambitions. Storage remains core to what we do, but we’re expanding into onshore and offshore hydrogen production and transitioning existing operations to hydrogen to reduce environmental impact.

If you are interested in purchasing available capacity in the Rough reservoir, please email: [email protected] and a member of the marketing team will be in touch with you.

Centrica Energy Storage Limited (CESL) has started planning for decommissioning of the platform infrastructure associated with the 47/8A installation within the Rough Field.