Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion

Mr. Jim Dollard:

We believe that green hydrogen is a solution. Gas will be really important for this country in the next 20 years or so, but ultimately it needs to be replaced if we are to get to net zero. Net zero means zero. We cannot have such a scarce and valuable resource being burned and creating emissions. We believe that green hydrogen is the way forward. As my colleague said, electrolysers are a significant part of this and we use fuel cells. There is the possibility of using hydrogen hubs to burn green hydrogen in combined cycle gas turbines on-site, which we will explore in the coming years in Britain and hopefully on this island too.