A consortium consisting of seven members - NUI Galway, the Port of Galway, CIÉ Group and Bus Éireann, Aran Islands Ferries, Lasta Mara Teo, Aer Arann Islands, and SSE Renewables, has announced Ireland’s first Hydrogen Valley.
Galway Hydrogen Hub (GH2), the consortium, is to develop a Hydrogen Valley in the Galway region, similar to those launched in other European countries. A Hydrogen Valley is a regional ecosystem that links hydrogen research, production, distribution, and transportation with various end users such as transport and industry. The utilisation of indigenous renewable hydrogen at Hydrogen Valleys is considered an important step towards enabling the development of a new hydrogen economy.
GH2 will position Galway as the home of Ireland’s first Hydrogen Valley, providing green hydrogen for use in transport, industry and within local communities in the greater Galway region.
The GH2 consortium’s intention is to develop an initial flagship demonstrator project at Galway Harbour, for the indigenous production and supply of clean green hydrogen fuel for public and private vehicles. This will include buses and trucks and deliver a multi-modal, zero emission, renewable hydrogen transport hub that can be easily replicated across Ireland.
The intended hydrogen transport hub could be expected to be fully operational by the second half of 2024.
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