Green energy company, EI-H2, is planning to develop Ireland’s first Green Hydrogen facility. The company intends to seek planning permission for a 50 MW electrolysis plant in Aghada, County Cork, which when operational will remove 63,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually from Irish industry and power generation.
Upon completion, the site will be one of the biggest green energy facilities of its kind in the world. Over 85 full-time direct and indirect jobs will be created, and EI-H2 Aghada hopes to be operational before the end of 2023. The cost of construction and connection to the electricity grid is expected to be around EUR120 million (US$146 million).
EI-H2 will shortly begin an intensive round of pre-planning discussions with Cork County Council, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, and other interested parties ahead of the formal lodging of planning permission later this year.
