Dr Tim Armitage

Dr Tim Armitage is a Geoscientist at the British Geological Survey Energy Storage and Geothermal research groups. Here, he investigates the geological storage for energy, such as through underground hydrogen storage in salt caverns and depleted gas fields, and explores the UK’s potential for harnessing deep geothermal energy. Tim has a strong technical background founded by a PhD and postdoc in structural geology and geoenergy respectively. During his postdoc, Tim produced the UK Integrated Hydrogen Storage Database, an open-access GIS tool that helps pre-feasibility studies to co-locate hydrogen storage with production, transport, and demand. His technical skillset is coupled with experience of the wider energy system and hydrogen policy landscape gained through consultancy for energy producers, gas distribution networks, market regulators and government on hydrogen storage in the UK. Of note, he has helped shape the UK Government’s Hydrogen Storage Business Model, a seminal piece of government support up-scaling UK hydrogen storage, and has presented evidence on hydrogen storage to the House of Lords as part of an inquiry into Long Duration Energy Storage. Tim promotes the need for energy storage in a decarbonised grid and the significant upscale of low carbon power.