{"id":136177,"title":"EnergyPathways strengthens leadership as MESH momentum builds","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-05-28T08:00:01+00:00","modified":"2026-05-28T08:00:01+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/energypathways-strengthens-leadership-as-mesh-momentum-builds/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/energypathways-strengthens-leadership-as-mesh-momentum-builds.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/energypathways-strengthens-leadership-as-mesh-momentum-builds.json","category":"Energy","categories":["Energy"],"tags":["Barrow-in Furness.","Ben Clube","Costain Group","EnergyPathways","EPP","Marram Block 110/4a","Marram Energy Storage Hub","Marram field","Martin Simmonite","MESH","MESH project","North Sea","pre-FEED","subsea engineering","Wood Group UK"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HJTlh4ubAAASyCU.webp?fit=899%2C1200&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"EnergyPathways plc has appointed Alison Flower as an independent non-executive director as the company advances its flagship MESH energy storage development.\n\nFlower brings more than 30 years of experience across the global energy sector and energy policy. Most recently, she served as senior energy adviser at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office between 2019 and 2025, advising on energy security, energy transition policy and international energy diplomacy.\n\nPrior to that, she held senior leadership roles at BG Group, where she worked on capital allocation, market strategy and the expansion of global LNG operations.\n\nShe is also a fellow of the Energy Institute, chair of the institute’s Benevolent Fund and an ambassador for POWERful Women.\n\nEnergyPathways said Flower’s expertise in both government and industry will strengthen the company’s commercial and policy capabilities as it progresses the MESH project.\n\nLocated in the Irish Sea and connected to Barrow-in-Furness, MESH is expected to become Britain’s largest integrated energy storage project.\n\nThe development combines compressed air energy storage with natural gas and hydrogen storage using large-scale subsea salt cavern infrastructure and has been designated a project of “national significance” by the UK Government.\n\nThe licence area has the potential to support up to 60 subsurface salt caverns, with operations targeted to commence in 2031 subject to approvals and financing.\n\nChairman Mark Steeves said Flower’s industry and policy expertise would help communicate the strategic importance of the project, particularly its role in long-duration energy storage and sustainable industrial opportunities linked to graphite production.\n\nFlower said she was pleased to join the board at a time when MESH could play an important role in strengthening UK energy security, supporting renewable energy integration and creating new employment opportunities."}