Gas hydrate mapped at several European sites
Sites containing gas hydrate - a fuel that could bridge the gap between fossil fuels and renewables - have been mapped in a study led by Southampton University.
This new inventory of gas hydrate deposits was undertaken as part of MIGRATE (Marine Gas Hydrates: An Indigenous Resource of Natural Gas for Europe), a European Commission-funded project led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel.
According to Southampton, substantial amounts of natural gas are stored in an ice-like form under the deep seafloor and close to edge of the landmasses that form continents. This gas hydrate could help as an intermediate source of fuel until there is sufficient renewable energy to meet society’s demands.
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The research showed there are direct or indirect indications of the presence of hydrate at several European sites, including off the west and east coasts of Greenland, on and around the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (Barents Sea), off central Norway and west of Ireland. It is also present in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Marmara in Turkey, and the Black Sea.
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