GNI’s pathway to Net Zero: The role of biomethane and green hydrogen

Gas Networks Ireland sees a vital role for biomethane and green hydrogen in Ireland's future energy security. Rita de Brún reports

Gas Networks Ireland's hydrogen technical manager, Wayne Mullins, showing a demo model of hydrogen generation through electrolysis to chief executive, Hydrogen Ireland, Paul McCormack and head of customer care and communications, Gas Networks Ireland, Kate Gannon.

Hydrogen, with just one proton and one electron — making it the only element without a neutron — is the simplest and most abundant element in the observable universe. 

Helium follows closely. Together, these two elements dominate the cosmos, accounting for approximately 99 per cent of all atoms, according to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.