HyLIGHT Project features in Ireland’s National Hydrogen Strategy

The National Hydrogen Strategy sets out the strategic vision on the role that hydrogen will play in Ireland’s energy system, looking to its long-term role as a key component of a zero-carbon economy, and the short-term actions that need to be delivered over the coming years to enable the development of the hydrogen sector in Ireland.

The strategy featured MaREI’s HyLIGHT project as a case study. HyLIGHT is a 3-year project funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and a 25-strong industry consortium through MaREI the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, UCC, DCU & University of Galway.

The overall aim of HyLIGHT is to provide the knowledge, data and the necessary tools to guide the cost-effective decarbonisation and roadmaps for sustainable large-scale implementation of hydrogen technologies in Ireland to enable sector integration for a zero-carbon, secure, resilient energy system.

HyLIGHT will achieve its aim by collaborating with the leading national and international companies, universities and stakeholders working to facilitate the delivery of hydrogen to all energy sectors; heat, transport and electricity; but also to where it is needed in industry, in a safe and cost effective manner for energy consumers and industry. Over its 3-year timeline, HyLIGHT has four objectives Vision, Roadmap, Plan, Partnership. The first three each contribute a project milestone. The fourth facilitates collaboration in optional investment opportunities, facilitated by the network and knowledge gained that may build into independent projects outside this project.

Read the strategy here.