SSE joins Ireland’s first hydrogen valley project

GH2 consortium outlines plans to develop green hydrogen transport hub at Galway Harbour on west coast

SSE Renewables has joined a consortium aiming to develop Ireland’s first hydrogen valley at Galway Harbour on the country’s west coast. As a first step, the consortium aims to launch a demonstration green hydrogen transport hub focused on buses and trucks that could be fully operational by the second half of 2024. In addition to UK-based SSE, the members of the GH2 consortium are university NUI Galway, road transport firms CIE Group and Bus Eireann, ferry operators Aran Island Ferries and Lasta Mara Teo, airline Aer Arann Islands and the Port of Galway. “The development of Ireland’s first hydrogen valley in Galway Harbour will allow us to utilise indigenous renewable energy to produce green