Ireland can be a green hydrogen leader, but needs clear strategy

Ireland has the ideal conditions to produce green hydrogen, but investors are frustrated by the lack of a national strategy

Cork Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world with deep-water channels and deep-water berths capable of supporting a thriving green hydrogen sector. 

The possibilities around so-called “green hydrogen” and Cork’s enviable position to take advantage of the burgeoning industry have been talked out for years — but the progress is frustratingly slow as Ireland’s long-mooted hydrogen strategy remains unpublished.

A national hydrogen strategy has long been mooted by Government and after a number delays, is due to be published by the end of June.