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GEOSTORE ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY - PROPOSED MARINE LICENCE APPLICATION PUBLIC CONSULTATION
What is planned?
A public consultation exercise is being hosted in advance of the submission of a marine licence application to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) for a gas storage project at Islandmagee.
The GeoStore Energy Storage Facility will reduce reliance on fuel imports through creating a strategic reserve of gas capable of meeting consumer demand in Northern Ireland for up to three months.
The facility comprises the construction of seven underground caverns in the Permian salt strata approximately 1,700m below Larne Lough, off Islandmagee, County Antrim.
The wider project includes a surface brine pumping facility, a gas compression facility, associated gas pipelines, a brine and seawater pipeline and associated infrastructure.
You are invited to attend the upcoming drop-in public consultation event:
= Thursday 12 November 2026
= Between 4pm and 7pm
= Islandmagee Community Centre, Islandmagee
(Gobbins Community Centre), 68 Middle Road,
Islandmagee, Larne, County Antrim, BT40 3SL
This public consultation provides an opportunity to engage with the project team and provide feedback.
Information will also be available online from Monday, 9 November 2026 by visiting
If you wish to make comments on the proposals, you may do so at the above event and/or in writing to:
GeoStore Consultation, Victoria House, Gloucester Street, Belfast, BT1 4LS. Alternatively, you can email
or use the feedback form on the website. All submissions should be sent before Friday, 27 November 2026.
Any comments made to the prospective applicant are not representations to DAERA. Representations can be made to be the DAERA Marine and Fisheries Division during their public consultation period that will following any submission of a marine licence application.
