Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion
Mr. Brendan Murphy:
Yes. We really favour the idea of moving towards green hydrogen and it makes an awful lot of sense. The issue is the cost and the timeline involved in making that happen. Some 70 GW would be an enormous amount of capex to invest. The unfortunate reality is that green hydrogen right now is much more expensive than blue hydrogen. There is both an economic and deliverability issue. By 2100, that would be the case for sure. The question is: how long will it take to get there?