The consultation period for the Irish Hydrogen Strategy has a closing date of September 2nd ,2022 for submissions.
The Climate Action Plan 2021 set out the potential green hydrogen has to support decarbonisation across several sectors, including heavy goods transport, high-temperature heat for industry, and electricity generation. Green hydrogen could play a significant role in sector coupling (the increased integration of energy supply and end-use sectors), and in minimising the overall cost of decarbonisation across all sectors.
Specific actions relating to hydrogen are set out in the Annex of Actions to the Plan and include testing the technical feasibility of safely injecting green hydrogen blends in the gas grid, assessing the potential for system integration between the electricity and gas networks, which will include the production, storage and use of green hydrogen, and progressing research and pilot studies regarding the use of hydrogen in the transport sector. There are also a number of other actions, such as those concerning renewable energy in the heat sector, where hydrogen is a relevant factor.
Further measures set out in the Plan include incentivising electrolyser production, developing storage capacity for long duration and seasonal storage of renewable energy, and co-location of electrolysers with renewable energy production infrastructure.
The National Energy Security Framework was developed to address the challenges of ensuring the ongoing and long-term security of affordable energy supply. A hydrogen strategy for Ireland is one of the key priorities in the Framework. The strategy will outline the pathways towards the production of green hydrogen, and its use in Ireland’s energy mix.
This consultation is being held to gather the views of stakeholders and interested parties, in order to inform the development of a hydrogen strategy for Ireland.
A document has been developed setting out various areas of interest to be considered in the development of the hydrogen strategy, and inviting stakeholders’ views on specific questions to be answered in this regard.
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Meanwhile a number of Hydrogen Ireland members have had a Hydrogen briefing with Bart Biebuyck, Director, the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO, Hydrogen Europe in Dublin.
