Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
Mr. Noel Regan:
All I would say on the first one is that it is a proposal. The contracts have to end, essentially, by 2049. On the second question around low-carbon gases, we must take it away and consider it more too. There are circumstances where we might have an electrolyzer using electricity from the grid. Ireland is going to be at 80% renewables by 2030 so it may make sense to use that electricity. It might not be located right beside a wind farm, for example. While the principles should be fairly straightforward, there are some details to be worked out in terms of making sure that the rules allow for different credible and reasonable scenarios.
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