The ESB has said it is the first step in its wider plans to create a ‘hydrogen lighthouse around Ireland’
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has been granted permission for the construction of a hydrogen production facility in Aghada, Co Cork.
The development is to be located on a 0.56-hectare site within the ESB Aghada generation facility.
It includes a hydrogen compound and contractor’s compound with all associated works which will be used for hydrogen production for an operational period of up to five years.
The development contains a megawatt electrolyser, including a water purification unit (a 40-foot container) with a stack height of 7.7m above ground level.
Transformers, ground units, storage containers, welfare units, compressors, and various other amenities are all proposed as part of the works.
Previously, the ESB told the Irish Examiner that it is a “small-scale generation project” which will be the first step in its wider plans to create a “hydrogen lighthouse around Ireland”.
It will be used for five years as a means to demonstrate how green hydrogen can be produced using renewable energy.
SOURCE: Irish Examiner
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