The GenComm project aims to overcome these challenges through the creation of a techno-economic model and investment decision support tool that can technically and financially optimize the production and commercialisation of renewable hydrogen. A number of Hydrogen Ireland board members were authors of the paper ‘Renewable Smart Hydrogen for a Sustainable Future’. You can access the paper here and learn more about the concept of Smart Hydrogen.
As renewable sources continue their penetration into the global energy mix, they face a series of challenges that can jeopardise their growth into the future. These include intermittence, overcapacity, curtailment, constraints, long transmission distances, varying capital (CAPEX), operational (OPEX) expenses, and changing market conditions. The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier can mitigate these challenges by acting as a buffer between energy demand and supply, while enabling flexibility between the potential energetic and non-energetic uses of renewable energy. To achieve this potential, hydrogen must overcome its own challenges, which include low conversion efficiencies, high CAPEX and OPEX, while maintaining the highest safety standards.
