So it burns natural gas to create electricity, which is then in turn used to create hydrogen. How is that “green”????
Electrolysis is at best 50% efficient, so hydrogen powered cars would be half as efficient as existing battery electric cars running on the same electricity. The whole thing sounds like pointless greenwashing to me.
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So why not nuclear power , this still isn’t a green process
Yirra, tisnt the greenest thing in the world what with the fossil fuel elements. They’re planning something in Galway too for hydrogen production. Aran Islands has a pilot. Hon the green hydrogen.
But main street is still cracked and broken….
Amazing stuff.
Ireland has no supply chain, no hydrogen demand, and no comparative advantage.
And yet here we are riding the hype train to nowhere.
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To be operational by 2026, so probably 2032.
It’s good news for Mayo and the area at least.
So it burns natural gas to create electricity, which is then in turn used to create hydrogen. How is that “green”????
Electrolysis is at best 50% efficient, so hydrogen powered cars would be half as efficient as existing battery electric cars running on the same electricity. The whole thing sounds like pointless greenwashing to me.
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So why not nuclear power , this still isn’t a green process
Yirra, tisnt the greenest thing in the world what with the fossil fuel elements. They’re planning something in Galway too for hydrogen production. Aran Islands has a pilot. Hon the green hydrogen.
But main street is still cracked and broken….
Amazing stuff.
Ireland has no supply chain, no hydrogen demand, and no comparative advantage.
And yet here we are riding the hype train to nowhere.
Let’s see whose pockets the money ends up in.