Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Liam Ryan:

Not at this point. We are engaging with some of the developers who are pushing forward the hydrogen proposition on a regular basis to see what that can actually do for the proposition. Key to that will be how we couple the gas, hydrogen and electricity industries together to give us the optimum solution. Key to that will be that the generation of hydrogen is close to areas where we have high renewable penetration but also utilising the existing gas network and taking the opportunity to ensure that the gas network can accommodate the hydrogen. We know from our engagements with Gas Networks Ireland that the current infrastructure can take up to about 20% of blend of hydrogen on the system. We need to see how that will evolve into the future.

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